Taking the subway
Artist
Roger Schall
(French, 1904 - 1985)
Dateca. 1941
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage and sheet: 7 7/16 × 7 1/16 inches (18.89 × 17.94 cm)
Credit LineGift of Jeffrey and Polly Kramer
Object number2007.52.4
SignedArtist's stamp, on sheet verso, bottom, in black ink: "PHOTO ROGER SCHALL / EN SUSPENSION DU DRIOT D'AUTEUR / 36 Avenue Junot-75018 PARIS"
Inscribednone
MarkingsOn sheet verso, upper right, in blue pen: "602Pg6";
On sheet verso, top, in pencil: "141810";
On sheet verso, center, in pencil: "x"
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DescriptionImage of a woman walking down into a Metro stop followed closely by a soldier in uniform. A large tree dominates the left side of the photograph.Exhibition HistorySurveillance. The Nelson Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City,
MO. September 16, 2016 – January 29, 2017, no cat.
Jeffrey and Polly Kramer, Kansas City, MO;
Given by Jeffrey and Polly Kramer to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2007.
Given by Jeffrey and Polly Kramer to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2007.
Copyright© Schall Collection / Cécile Schall
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