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Muslim women afraid of being photographed in Harar, Ethiopia
Muslim women afraid of being photographed in Harar, Ethiopia

Muslim women afraid of being photographed in Harar, Ethiopia

Artist Alfred Eisenstaedt (American, born Poland, 1898 - 1995)
Date1935
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage and sheet: 11 3/4 × 9 3/8 inches (29.85 × 23.81 cm)
Mount: 18 7/8 × 13 1/2 inches (47.94 × 34.29 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2016.75.66.51
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 black pen: "Muslim women afraid being photographed in Harrar, Ethiopia 1935".
MarkingsNumbered on mount verso, lower left corner, in pencil: "55"
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DescriptionImage of three young woman huddled together against a wall; one hides her face as the other two look back in fear.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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