Athens. 1953
Photograph
1953 (made)
1953 (made)
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Black and white photograph depicting two elderly ladies walking in profile in an Athens street. They are passing a shop with a sign written in Greek. The facade of the shop has two caryatid ornaments with folded arms, at the front of a recessed balcony of the first floor of the shop.
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Title | Athens. 1953 (generic title) |
Materials and techniques | Black and white photograph |
Brief description | Black and white photograph by Henri Cartier-Bresson depicting two elderly ladies walking past the crumbling facade of a shop with caryatid decoration in Athens. Greece, 1953. |
Physical description | Black and white photograph depicting two elderly ladies walking in profile in an Athens street. They are passing a shop with a sign written in Greek. The facade of the shop has two caryatid ornaments with folded arms, at the front of a recessed balcony of the first floor of the shop. |
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Accession number | PH.716-1978 |
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Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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