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German girl of the Hitler Youth learns to fly a glider
German girl of the Hitler Youth learns to fly a glider

German girl of the Hitler Youth learns to fly a glider

Artist Alfred Eisenstaedt (American, born Poland, 1898 - 1995)
Date1933
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage and sheet: 11 9/16 × 8 9/16 inches (29.37 × 21.75 cm)
Mount: 18 7/8 × 13 1/2 inches (47.94 × 34.29 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2016.75.66.34
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 blue pen: "German girl of the Hitler Youth learns to fly a glider 1933".
MarkingsNumbered on mount verso, lower left corner, in pencil: "38"
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DescriptionImage of young girl wearing helmet buckled into a glider; the seat belt straps extend over her shoulders and across her lap. She has one hand on the center control stick and the other on the structural bar in front of her.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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