Albert Schweitzer walking down stairs
Series TitleA Man of Mercy
Artist
W. Eugene Smith
(American, 1918 - 1978)
Date1954
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage and sheet: 13 1/2 × 9 1/4 inches (34.29 × 23.5 cm)
Mount: 19 7/8 × 15 15/16 inches (50.48 × 40.48 cm)
Mount: 19 7/8 × 15 15/16 inches (50.48 × 40.48 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2017.54.19
SignedArtist's stamps on mount verso, center, in black ink: “THIS PHOTOGRAPH IS COPYRIGHTED / CREDIT / © W. EUGENE SMITH”, “W. Eugene Smith / photographer and photographic journalist / 821 Ave. of The Americas, New York 1, N.Y. / Tel.”, “THIS PHOTOGRAPH MAY NOT BE / REPRODUCED WITHOUT WRITTEN CONSENT OF / W. EUGENE SMITH”, “Photograph by / W. EUGENE SMITH / This authenticated photograph was in the private collection of W. Eugene Smith at the time of his death – October 15, 1978”.
InscribedOn mount verso, bottom, in pencil: “Schweitzer, A Man of Many, 1954 (Schweitzer Walking Down Steps)
MarkingsOn mount verso, upper left corner, in pencil: “listed / not in layout / but note S-11”, “WES323”, “9-24-47 [?]”;
On mount verso, upper right corner, in pencil: “$8500-“ / “SW-134-1” / “20” / “6”
center, in pencil: “not” / “8”;
On mount verso, lower left corner, in pencil: “LK4”, “JK [circled] #14”.
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Terms
The Hall Family Foundation, Kansas City, MO, 2017;
Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2017.
Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2017.
Copyright© The Heirs of W. Eugene Smith
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