Gandhi in Fact

Gandhi in Fact

Photograph

Henri Cartier-Bresson

Maker
French, 1908–2004

Gandhi in Fact

Gandhi - In Fact and Film


1948
Gelatin silver print, printed April 1962
Image: 6 1/4 × 9 3/8 in. (15.8 × 23.8 cm)
Paper: 7 15/16 × 9 15/16 in. (20.2 × 25.3 cm)
Gift of Time-Life Books
1968.0184.0223
Inscriptions Typed on applied label on verso, BC: (Gandhi) 4/62 8) GANDHI IN FACT during the last days of his life. After \ a long fast to bring peace between Moslems and Hindus on the eve \ of Indian independence, he consented to take a little nourishment \ in order to have the strength to walk to a prayer meeting. His \ secretary helps him with correspondence as he rests in Birla House. \ Credit: Cartier-Bresson © 1948 MAGNUM PHOTOS

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