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Prayer at the Berlin chapter of the Salvation Army
Prayer at the Berlin chapter of the Salvation Army

Prayer at the Berlin chapter of the Salvation Army

Artist Alfred Eisenstaedt (American, born Poland, 1898 - 1995)
Date1928
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage and sheet: 9 3/16 × 11 3/8 inches (23.34 × 28.89 cm)
Mount: 13 1/2 × 18 3/4 inches (34.29 × 47.63 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2016.75.66.59
SignedSigned on mount recto, lower right, in black pen: "Eisenstaedt"
InscribedDated on mount recto, lower left, in black pen: "1928"; Inscribed on mount verso, top, in blue pen: "Prayer at the Berlin chapter of the Salvation Army 1928"
MarkingsNumbered on mount verso, lower left corner, in pencil: "1"
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DescriptionImage of women wearing dark dresses and bonnets as they kneel down in front of row of chairs with hands clasped and eyes closed.Provenance
The Hall Family Foundation, Kansas City, MO, 2016;   
Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2016.
Copyright© Alfred Eisenstaedt / Time & Life Pictures / Getty Images
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