Edward Steichen
Naval Action in the Pacific, Guam

ArtistAmerican, born Luxembourg, 1879–1973
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Naval Action in the Pacific, Guam
Date1944
PlaceGuam, United States
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 10 3/4 × 13 1/2in. (27.3 × 34.3cm)
Sheet: 11 5/16 × 14 1/16in. (28.7 × 35.7cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Joan Morgenstern in memory of Louis Lechenger. The Manfred Heiting Collection
Object number2002.2351
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
Provenance Research Ongoing Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscribed in pencil, verso, upper right: "Ill. pp. 52 + 53, USN War Photographs, Steichen, ed. / 14 [illegible] guns bombard Guam, July 1944 800- / T/E"

Inscribed in black, verso, upper right: "41" [surrounded by an inscribed pencil circle]

Inscribed in pencil, verso, center: "BuAn 255591 / 10" [10 surrounded by an inscribed circle]

Stamped in blue and inscribed in pencil, verso, lower left: "MHC 3024"
The photograph is unsigned.

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