Peking 1958

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

Black and white photograph depicting a man with a bayonet, standing on a stool with a small crowd, in Tiananmen Square in Peking (Beijing). The crowd is made up of predominantly men and boys, with one woman standing at the front. The Monument to the People's Heroes is visible in the background, a ten-story obelisk erected in the mid 1950s as a national monument in honour of the martyrs of revolutionary struggle during the 19th and 20th centuries.

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Category	Photographs
Object type	Photograph
Titles	Peking 1958 Tiananmen Square (generic title)
Materials and techniques	Black and white photograph Photographic Paper Photography
Brief description	Black and white photograph by Henri Cartier-Bresson depicting a man with a bayonet, standing on a stool with a small crowd, in Tiananmen Square in Peking (Beijing). China, 1958.
Physical description	Black and white photograph depicting a man with a bayonet, standing on a stool with a small crowd, in Tiananmen Square in Peking (Beijing). The crowd is made up of predominantly men and boys, with one woman standing at the front. The Monument to the People's Heroes is visible in the background, a ten-story obelisk erected in the mid 1950s as a national monument in honour of the martyrs of revolutionary struggle during the 19th and 20th centuries.
Dimensions	Height: 39.5cm Width: 29.5cm Dimensions taken from departmental notes
Subjects depicted	Obelisks Squares Bayonets Weapons Communism Crowds
Places depicted	Tian'anmen Square Beijing China
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	PH.792-1978

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Record created	June 30, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1061240/peking-1958-photograph-cartier-bresson-henri/

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