Paris, Henri Cartier-Bresson, 1959
Henri Cartier-Bresson, portraitHenri Cartier-BressonFrench, 1908–2004

Paris

1959 · Photograph

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Where is “Paris” now? Collection: The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Not on view at present. Checked September 22, 2026.

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New York, United States

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160.2009

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In the life of Henri Cartier-Bresson

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  1. 1958

    China: building the Ming Tombs Reservoir

    While travelling in China in 1958 he documented the construction of the Ming Tombs Reservoir.

  2. 1960–1964

    Portraits of Renoir, Breton, Barthes and Chanel

    In 1960–1964 he photographed Jean Renoir (1960), André Breton (1961), Roland Barthes (1963) and Coco Chanel (1964).

  3. 1961

    Monroe, Gable and Clift at the Mapes Hotel

    As the artist Amadour has noted, during the press preview of “The Misfits” (1961) at the Mapes Hotel in Reno, Nevada, he photographed Marilyn Monroe, Clark Gable and Montgomery Clift — the final film of Monroe and Gable.

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