League of Nations, area for public
Artist
Erich Salomon
(German, 1886 - 1944)
Dateca. 1935
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 6 13/16 x 9 inches (17.3 x 22.86 cm)
Sheet: 7 3/16 x 9 1/8 inches (18.26 x 23.18 cm)
Sheet: 7 3/16 x 9 1/8 inches (18.26 x 23.18 cm)
Credit LineGift of Dr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Kramer
Object number2012.57.6
Signednone
InscribedInscribed on sheet verso, upper center, in pencil, “108 Assembly / [?] and Swiss / “Marechaussee”";
On sheet verso, top edge, in pencil: “84”;
On sheet verso, left edge, in pencil: “L. of N – Meetings / 1935”;
On sheet verso, bottom edge, in pencil: “Printed in Switzerland”;
On sheet verso, lower right corner, in pencil: “ES/TL24 PF33865TL”.
MarkingsOn sheet verso, lower left corner, red stamp: “MAR 1 1938”;
On sheet verso, center, blue stamp: “2321”;
On sheet verso, center, red stamp: “RETURN TO: / TIME, INC. / FILE”;
On sheet verso, center, blue stamp with pencil: “TAKEN FOR / FORTUNE BY / Salomon”.
On View
Not on viewCollections
DescriptionImage of a group of individuals seated in an upper balcony with two dressed guards; sign reads “DEFENSE / DE FUMER” [no smoking].Exhibition History
Surveillance.
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, 2012.
Given by Jeffrey and Polly Kramer to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2012.
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