Wounded, Dying Infant Found by American Soldier in Saipan Mountains
Artist
W. Eugene Smith
(American, 1918 - 1978)
Date1944; printed 1977
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage and sheet: 12 7/8 × 9 7/8 inches (32.7 × 25.08 cm)
Mount: 20 × 16 inches (50.8 × 40.64 cm)
Mount: 20 × 16 inches (50.8 × 40.64 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2014.31.44
SignedSigned on mount recto, lower right, in black ink: "W. Eugene Smith"
Inscribednone
MarkingsOn mount verso, bottom center, in pencil: "PF98890"
On mount verso, lower right corner, in pencil: "BER"
On View
Not on viewCollections
DescriptionImage of soldier holding wounded, naked infant.Copyright© The Heirs of W. Eugene Smith
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W. Eugene Smith
1945; printed ca. 1955
2017.61.31
