Artist
Bert BrandtAmerican, 1915–1975
CultureAmerican
Titles
- Convention Slugging
Date1952
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 13 1/8 × 10 5/16 in. (33.3 × 26.2 cm)
Sheet: 13 1/8 × 10 5/16 in. (33.3 × 26.2 cm)
Mount: 16 13/16 × 15 3/16 in. (42.7 × 38.6 cm)
Sheet: 13 1/8 × 10 5/16 in. (33.3 × 26.2 cm)
Mount: 16 13/16 × 15 3/16 in. (42.7 × 38.6 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Michael Zilkha in honor of Bill White
Object number2017.356
Not on view
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PhotographyObject Type
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Printed in purple, verso, top center on applied label: HXP 100328IT…..NEW YORK BUREAU // CONVENTION SLUGGING // CHICAGO: SLUGGED, PULLED, AND PUSHED, UNITED // PRESS NEWSPICTURES PHOTOGRAPHER STANLEY TRETICK // IS THROWN OFF THE FLOOR OF THE REPUBLICAN // CONVENTION, DURING THE THIRD NIGHT’S MEETING. // HIS CAMERA WAS KNOCKED FROM HIS HANDS AS // HE WAS MAKING A PICTURE OF A DELEGATE WHO HAD // FAINTED. THEN THE PHOTOGRAPHER WAS SLUGGED // IN THE RIGHT EAR AS HE STOOPED TO RETRIEVE // THE EQUIPMENT. HERE, HE IS HELD BY SOMEONE // AS A DELEGATE RAISES A FIST TO POUND TRETICK // AGAIN. // NY-I CAN USN PTH S&S SD EUR-7-10 ATP // CREDIT (UNITED PRESS PHOTO BY STAFF // PHOTOGRAPHER BETRAM BRANDT) 7/10/52 (DS)
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