Kissing "Bébé"

Kissing "Bébé"

Photograph

Henri Cartier-Bresson

Maker
French, 1908–2004

Kissing "Bébé"

De Gaulle Rallies France


1962
Gelatin silver print
Image: 6 1/8 × 9 3/8 in. (15.6 × 23.8 cm)
Paper: 8 × 10 in. (20.3 × 25.4 cm)
Gift of Time-Life Books
1968.0184.0155
Inscriptions Inscribed in pencil on verso, BL: Jan '62 MNS Packet \ Story IV DeGaulle Rallies France \ # 19 Kissing "Bébé" is not the general's forte - \ Credit: Henri Cartier-Bresson © Magnum Photos
Inscribed in pencil on verso, TR: 19

[Caption typed on accompanying paperwork]: (DeGaulle) 1/62 19) KISSING "BÉBÉ" is not the General's forte, but he accepts a buss from a little blonde "enfant" with unbending dignity. Credit: Henri Cartier-Bresson © 1962 MAGNUM Photos
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