Nurse Midwife (new dresses)
Artist
W. Eugene Smith
(American, 1918 - 1978)
Date1951
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage and sheet: 13 3/8 × 10 3/8 inches (33.97 × 26.35 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2005.37.317
SignedBlack stamp on sheet verso, upper right, circled with red pencil: "Credit W. EUGENE SMITH / WEST STREET / NEW YORK CITY"
InscribedOn sheet verso, top, typed in black ink: "Nurse Midwife -- New dress for 9-year-old Carrie (right) and 8-year-old Mary Jane Covington were dropped / off by Maude on her way to a patient. Occasionally, as in this care, she gets clothing from / friends or charitable organizations and distributes it where she thinks it is most needed. But / sometimes she buys the clothes herself."
MarkingsOn sheet verso, upper right, in pencil: "#768143", "Mary Jane Covington / Carrie Covington / Maude Callen [all underlined]";
On sheet verso, upper left, in pencil: "67";
On sheet verso, upper left, in red pencil: "p140 / p48" / "A";
On sheet verso, upper left, red stamps: "USED IN LIFE DEC 3 1961" / INTERNATIONAL EDITION DEC 31 196[?]1";
On sheet verso, center, in pencil: "54 1/2 P [scratched out]", "084 / C-5A / 26 27", "71 1/2 P", "20" [circled];
On sheet verso, center, black stamp: "©_____Time Inc. All Rights Reserved. / No reproduction, commercial display or other / use is permitted without express written / permission of the copyright holder."
On sheet verso, lower right, blue stamp: "35090"
On sheet verso, bottom, in pencil: "87" [circled and crossed out], "HF69-16-03”, "PF45457H", "88+", "HF.069.016.03"
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Not on viewCollections
DescriptionVintage gelatin silver print, unmounted with many typewritten notations, ink stamps, and pencil notations on back. From original Time-Life file.Copyright© The Heirs of W. Eugene Smith
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