Artist
W. Eugene Smith(American, 1918–1978)American, 1918–1978
CultureAmerican
Titles
- Madness
- Patient at Insane Asylum - just outside of Port-au-Prince, Haiti
- Mad Eyes
Date1958–1959
PlacePort-au-Prince, Haiti
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 9 3/8 × 13 7/16 in. (23.8 × 34.1 cm)
Sheet: 9 3/8 × 13 7/16 in. (23.8 × 34.1 cm)
Mount: 15 15/16 × 19 15/16 in. (40.5 × 50.6 cm)
Sheet: 9 3/8 × 13 7/16 in. (23.8 × 34.1 cm)
Mount: 15 15/16 × 19 15/16 in. (40.5 × 50.6 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Accessions Endowment Fund, The Manfred Heiting Collection
Object number2002.2295
Non exposé
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Department
PhotographySpecial Collections
Object Type
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscribed in white, verso of mount: "credit + / © W. Eugene Smith / This photograph may not be / reproduced without written / consent of W. Eugene Smith."
Inscribed in pencil, verso of mount, lower right: "PF11189"
Inscribed in pencil, verso of mount, lower right: "PF11189"
The photograph is signed, lowr right: "W. Eugene Smith" and again in white, verso of mount.
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Gelatin silver print
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