Henri Cartier-BressonFrench, 1908–2004Mexico
Can I see it?
Not on view at present
Where is “Mexico” now? Collection: The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Not on view at present. Checked October 6, 2026.
New York, United States
It belongs to the collection, but is not on display at present.
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- Source
- The museum
Details
- Accession number
- 250.1985
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- The Museum of Modern Art
- Image: The Museum of Modern Art — © the artist or rights holder
In the life of Henri Cartier-Bresson
The whole life1933
First exhibitions: New York and Madrid
In 1933 his photographs were first exhibited at the Julien Levy Gallery in New York and then at the Ateneo Club in Madrid.
1934
He meets Chim, and through him Capa
In 1934 he met the young Polish intellectual and photographer David Szymin, known as “Chim” (later David Seymour), and through him the Hungarian photographer Endré Friedmann, the future Robert Capa; he would later found Magnum with them.
1934
In Mexico, a shared show with Álvarez Bravo
In 1934 in Mexico he shared an exhibition with Manuel Álvarez Bravo at the Palacio de Bellas Artes.
1935
A trip to the US: a show alongside Walker Evans
In 1935, on the invitation of the Julien Levy Gallery, he travelled to New York, where he shared the display space with Walker Evans and Manuel Álvarez Bravo.
1936–1939
Assistant and actor to Jean Renoir
On returning to France he applied for a job with the director Jean Renoir: he acted in “A Day in the Country” (1936) and in “The Rules of the Game” (1939), on which he was second assistant and played a butler, and in 1936 helped Renoir make “Life Belongs to Us”; Renoir made him act so that he would know how it felt to be on the other side of the camera.
1937
Married: Ratna Mohini
