Artist Monograph

Henri Cartier-Bresson, French

French, 1908–2004

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Medium Breakdown

Medium Works at MoMA Share
Photography 305 99.7%
Lithography 1 0.3%

Department Distribution

Department Works Share
Photography 305 99.7%
Architecture & Design 1 0.3%

Production by Decade

4
1920s
87
1930s
44
1940s
46
1950s
121
1960s
3
1970s
1
1980s

Physical Scale

Scale bracketWorksShare
Small (< 30 cm)3110.1%
Medium (30–100 cm)27589.9%

Range: 16.8 cm → 90.2 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquiredWorks
19424
19432
194721
19591
19631
19648
19682
196916
19706
19711
19751
198524
19861
198736
19882
19891
19903
19931
19941
19951
19961
19981
20013
20051
20061

Currently On View

  • "MoMA, Floor 4, 409" — 1

French Contemporaries

  1. 5032 Eugène Atget
  2. 1437 Jean Dubuffet
  3. 1168 Marc Chagall
  4. 1068 Henri Matisse
  5. 907 Pierre Bonnard