Artist
Carl Mydans (American, 1907–2004)American, 1907–2004
CultureAmerican
Titles
- Surrender on the USS Missouri, Tokyo Bay, Tokyo
Date1945
PlaceTokyo, Japan
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsSheet: 11 × 13 15/16 in. (27.9 × 35.4 cm)
Image: 8 7/8 × 13 1/2 in. (22.5 × 34.3 cm)
Frame (outer): 16 3/8 × 20 3/8 × 1 1/4 in. (41.7 × 51.8 × 3.2 cm)
Image: 8 7/8 × 13 1/2 in. (22.5 × 34.3 cm)
Frame (outer): 16 3/8 × 20 3/8 × 1 1/4 in. (41.7 × 51.8 × 3.2 cm)
Credit LineBequest of the artist
Object number2005.1177
Not on view
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Exhibition History"WAR/PHOTOGRAPHY: Images of Armed Conflict and Its Aftermath," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 11 November, 2012 - 3 February, 2013.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Marked in ink on verso sheet:
"#18586/2/23"(twice, one set of #'s bled), "2nd"
Marked in pencil on verso sheet: "18586 / 2-23 / " (twice, one set of #'s bled)
Marked in ink on verso: "Surrender on The Missouri"
Marked in pencil on verso lower center: "160-J41"
"#18586/2/23"(twice, one set of #'s bled), "2nd"
Marked in pencil on verso sheet: "18586 / 2-23 / " (twice, one set of #'s bled)
Marked in ink on verso: "Surrender on The Missouri"
Marked in pencil on verso lower center: "160-J41"
Initialed (?) in pencil on verso center.
Stamped twice in ink on verso center:
"PHOTO BY / CARL MYDANS" (in a rectangle)
Stamped in ink on verso center:
"© ____Time Inc. All Rights Reserved. / No reproduction, commercial display or other / use is permitted without express written / permission of the copyright holder."
"PHOTO BY / CARL MYDANS" (in a rectangle)
Stamped in ink on verso center:
"© ____Time Inc. All Rights Reserved. / No reproduction, commercial display or other / use is permitted without express written / permission of the copyright holder."
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Carl Mydans
1939
Gelatin silver print
2005.1172
