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Three judges presiding at the Municipal Court building in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Three judges presiding at the Municipal Court building in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Three judges presiding at the Municipal Court building in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Artist Alfred Eisenstaedt (American, born Poland, 1898 - 1995)
Date1935
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage and sheet: 9 1/2 × 11 5/8 inches (24.13 × 29.53 cm)
Mount: 13 1/2 × 18 7/8 inches (34.29 × 47.94 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2016.75.66.74
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: "judges presiding at the Municipal Court Building in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 1935".
MarkingsNumbered on mount verso, lower left corner, in pencil: "59"
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DescriptionImage of three men seated at table with a fourth standing behind them; the man in the middle holds a pen near a large ledger/book.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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