[Burmese dancers]

[Burmese dancers]

Photograph

Henri Cartier-Bresson

Maker
French, 1908–2004

[Burmese dancers]

Burmese dancers battle to preserve their own culture


ca. 1950
Gelatin silver print
Image: 7 × 6 1/4 in. (17.8 × 15.8 cm)
Gift of Dr. Mark Reichman, 2005
2005.0933.0004
Inscriptions Inscribed in pencil on verso, TR: 45001ds \ 8 [circled]
Inscribed in pencil on verso, TL: 242-12
Inscribed in pencil on verso, C: Illus Aug 20 \ pp 16-17 \ 2 [circled] \ 5" \ 316 x 3" \ 3 3/4 deep
Printed on applied label on verso and inscribed in pencil, TR: STUDIO \ Name [illegible] \ Date 1963 [stamped] \ File [illegible]
Typed on applied label on verso, BC: Pix by Henri Cartier-Bresson of "Magnum". \ Burmese dancers battle to preserve their own culture. \ Kenneth Po Sein - Burmas lending traditional dancer is trying \ to prevent foreign influences( such as bebop) being copied \ by the youth of his country.
Inscribed in pencil on verso, BR: HCB 400
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