National Day, Ulan Bator, Mongolia 1958

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Artist/Maker	Cartier-Bresson, Henri (photographer)
Place of origin	Mongolia (made)

Silver bromide print depicting a young boy and a girl holding hands and posies of flowers in front of two portraits. The round portrait on the left depicts a young Friedrich Engels with a very thick beard, and the rectangular portrait on the right depicts Lenin, as part of the National Day celebrations in Ulan Bator. The people holding the large portraits have solemn expressions on their faces.

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Categories	Photographs Propaganda Politics
Object type	Photograph
Title	National Day, Ulan Bator, Mongolia 1958
Materials and techniques	Silver bromide print Photographic Paper Bromide Photography
Brief description	Black and white photograph by Henri Cartier-Bresson depicting two children in front of portraits of Friedrich Engels and Lenin, at the National Day celebrations in Ulan Bator. Mongolia, 1958.
Physical description	Silver bromide print depicting a young boy and a girl holding hands and posies of flowers in front of two portraits. The round portrait on the left depicts a young Friedrich Engels with a very thick beard, and the rectangular portrait on the right depicts Lenin, as part of the National Day celebrations in Ulan Bator. The people holding the large portraits have solemn expressions on their faces.
Dimensions	Height: 39.5cm Width: 29.5cm Dimensions taken from departmental notes
Subjects depicted	Children Communism Celebrations Portraits Flowers Parades Engels Lenin
Place depicted	Mongolia
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	PH.800-1978

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Record created	June 30, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1061233/national-day-ulan-bator-mongolia-photograph-cartier-bresson-henri/

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