W. Eugene Smith
Dr. Ceriani on horseback

Dr. Ceriani on horseback

© Estate of W. Eugene Smith

Dr. Ceriani on horseback
Dr. Ceriani on horseback
ArtistAmerican, 1918–1978
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Dr. Ceriani on horseback
  • from the series The Country Doctor
Date1948
PlaceKremmling, Colorado, United States
MediumGelatin silver print
Dimensionsimage: 9 9/16 × 13 1/2 in. (24.3 × 34.3 cm)
sheet: 10 × 13 15/16 in. (25.4 × 33.0 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by "One Great Night in November, 2001" and by Dr. John P. McGovern and various other donors
Object number2001.252
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
ProvenanceTime-Life Collection; Howard Greenberg.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Marked in pencil on verso: "PHOTO#767786"
Marked in ink on verso center: "X Ceriani, Ernest (Dr)"
Numerous other numerical pencil markings.
Stamped on verso:
"©_____Time Inc. All Rights Reserved./No reproduction, commercial display...permission of the copyright holder"
"LIFE PHOTO/BY/W. EUGENE SMITH"
"27216"
AUG 16 1948"

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cropped recto of sheet
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1948
Gelatin silver print
85.95
Contents of Dr. Ceriani's bag
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1948
Gelatin silver print
2001.254
Dr. Ceriani tapes broken ribs
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Gelatin silver print
2001.237
Dr. Ceriani carries a patient from basement ward to operating room
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Gelatin silver print
2001.235
Before the amputation, Dr. Ceriani checks the patient's blood pressure
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2001.236
4:15 a.m. Dr. Ceriani gets a ride to Gore Canyon
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Gelatin silver print
2001.231
5:00 a.m. Dr. Ceriani begins his day fishing in Colorado River
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Gelatin silver print
2001.232
2:00 a.m., Dr. Ceriani has coffee and a cigarette in hospital kitchen
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Gelatin silver print
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Dr. Ceriani examines boy with swollen eye
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Gelatin silver print
2001.239
Dr. Ceriani with amputee Thomas Mitchell
W. Eugene Smith
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Gelatin silver print
2001.240
Dr. Ceriani helps carry a patient into the hospital
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Gelatin silver print
2001.238
Dr. Ceriani pulls dislocated elbow into place
W. Eugene Smith
1948
Gelatin silver print
2001.242