French nuns praying on deck of freighter in the Red Sea on the way from Marseille to Djibouti

Artist Alfred Eisenstaedt (American, born Poland, 1898 - 1995)

Date1935

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsImage and sheet: 9 3/8 × 11 11/16 inches (23.81 × 29.69 cm)
Mount: 13 1/2 × 18 13/16 inches (34.29 × 47.78 cm)

Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation

Object number2016.75.66.32

SignedSigned on mount recto, lower right, in black pen: "Eisenstaedt"

InscribedDated on mount recto, lower left, in black pen: "1935"; Inscribed on mount verso, top, in blue pen: "French nuns praying on deck of freighter in the Red Sea on the way from Marseille to Djibouti 1935".

MarkingsNumbered on mount verso, lower left corner, in pencil: "53"

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DescriptionImage of three women, dressed in nun's habit, standing on the deck of a boat; each one is holding a small book and wearing a full length garment with headdress. A large body of water meets the horizon with a few thin clouds scattered in the sky.Provenance

Provenance

Inherited from the artist by his sister-in-law Lucille Kaye, 1995;
Purchased from her estate by her nephew Allan Leas, 2012;
Consigned by him to the Laurence Miller Gallery, New York, NY by 2016;
Purchased from Laurence Miller Gallery by the Hall Family Foundation, Kansas City, MO, 2016;
Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2016.

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