Defying Grease

Defying Grease

Photograph

Henri Cartier-Bresson

Maker
French, 1908–2004

Defying Grease

Eton: Head Leaves; Tail Stays


1962
Gelatin silver print
Image: 9 5/8 × 6 5/16 in. (24.4 × 16.1 cm)
Paper: 10 × 8 in. (25.4 × 20.3 cm)
Gift of Time-Life Books
1968.0184.0427
Inscriptions Typed in black ink on applied label, verso BC: (Eton) 12/62 3) DEFYING GREASE, Etonians work with lathes in the School of \ Mechanics which draws about one in ten boys. Here orders from local \ engineering firms are met, boats and furniture made, old cars taken \ apart and put together. \ Credit: Henri Cartier-Bresson c 1962 MAGNUM Photos
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