Gypsy children with books they don't know how to read, Yugoslavia

Artist Alfred Eisenstaedt (American, born Poland, 1898 - 1995)

Date1931

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsImage and sheet: 11 5/16 × 15 inches (28.73 × 38.1 cm)
Mount: 13 1/2 × 18 7/8 inches (34.29 × 47.94 cm)

Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation

Object number2016.75.66.37

SignedSigned on mount recto, lower right, in black pen: "Eisenstaedt"

InscribedDated on mount recto, lower left, in black pen: "1931"; Inscribed on mount verso, top, in blue pen: "Gypsy children with books they don't know how to read, Yoguslavia [sic]"

MarkingsNumbered on mount verso, lower left corner, in pencil: "6

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DescriptionImage of four young children in a row holding open paperback books. They all have disheveled shoulder length hair. The child on the right is smiling and looking to the right towards the other children who appear to be reading their books.Provenance

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The Hall Family Foundation, Kansas City, MO, 2016;
Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2016.

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