Mad Eyes, Haiti

Artist W. Eugene Smith (American, 1918 - 1978)

Date1959

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsImage and sheet: 9 9/16 × 13 5/16 inches (24.28 × 33.81 cm)
Mount: 13 3/16 × 14 5/8 inches (33.5 × 37.16 cm)

Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation

Object number2017.24.15

SignedArtist's stamps on mount verso, center, in black ink: "CREDIT W. EUGENE SMITH" / "THIS PHOTOGRAPH MAY NOT BE / REPRODUCED WITHOUT WRITTEN CONSENT OF / W. EUGENE SMITH" / "THIS PHOTOGRAPH [...ink faded/missing] ORIGINAL / BY W. EUGENE SMITH [...ink faded/missing] A PROOF PRINT / (AND THEREFORE VERY UNFINISHED), OR, IT IS A PRINT / COMMERCIALLY MADE AND IS RELEASED FOR A SPECIFIC PURPOSE. " / "COPYRIGHT AND CREDIT NOTICE: THIS PHOTOGRAPH MAY / NOT BE COPIED, PUBLISHED, OR EXHIBITED WITHOUT / WRITTEN CONSENT AND AGREEMENT TO THE TERMS OF, / © W. EUGUEN SMITH."

Inscribednone

MarkingsNumbered on mount recto, lower left, in blue pen: "#3"; On mount verso, lower right, in pencil: "PERHAPS / BEST / FOR / COPYING".

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DescriptionImage of an African American man with bright light shining on his face; his eyes are open wide and eyebrows raised. The surrounding area is dark with other figures barely visible in the shadowed background.Provenance

Provenance

The Hall Family Foundation, Kansas City, MO, 2017;
Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2017.

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