The New Chinese Woman

The New Chinese Woman

Photograph

Henri Cartier-Bresson

Maker
French, 1908–2004

The New Chinese Woman

China Seen from the Inside


Learning at Lathe


1958
Gelatin silver print, printed November 1961
Image: 6 5/16 × 9 5/16 in. (16.1 × 23.7 cm)
Paper: 8 × 10 in. (20.3 × 25.4 cm)
Gift of Time-Life Books
1968.0184.0092
Inscriptions Inscribed in pencil on verso TL: Magnum News Service 11/'61 \ Story #1 China: Seen
from the Inside \ #2 in Packet. Credit: Cartier-Bresson © 1961 Magnum Photos. \ For caption, see mimeographed story & caption sheets.
Inscribed in pencil on verso, C: 4791/22 \ 74

[see caption sheet for full caption]

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