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Fashionable Via Veneto [street] in Rome. Youngster carrying paper belongs to Il Balilla, Facist youth organization
Fashionable Via Veneto [street] in Rome. Youngster carrying paper belongs to Il Balilla, Facist youth organization

Fashionable Via Veneto [street] in Rome. Youngster carrying paper belongs to Il Balilla, Facist youth organization

Artist Alfred Eisenstaedt (American, born Poland, 1898 - 1995)
Date1933
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage and sheet: 11 3/4 × 9 1/4 inches (29.85 × 23.5 cm)
Mount: 18 7/8 × 13 1/2 inches (47.94 × 34.29 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2016.75.66.29
SignedSigned on mount recto, lower right, in black pen: "Eisenstaedt"
InscribedDated on mount recto, lower left, in black pen: "1933" Inscribed on mount verso, top, in black pen: "Fashionable Via Veneto in Rome, 1933. Youngster carrying paper belongs to Il Balilla, facist youth organization."
MarkingsNumbered on mount verso, lower left corner, in pencil: "33"
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DescriptionStreet scene with people walking along sidewalk. One woman is wearing a fur coat and the woman behind her wears a long skirt and jacket while holding the hand of a young boy who is carrying a newspaper.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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