W. Eugene Smith
Burial at Sea

Artist W. Eugene Smith(American, 1918–1978)American, 1918–1978

CultureAmerican

Titles

Burial at Sea

Date1944, printed c.1955

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsImage: 8 1/2 × 5 5/8 in. (21.6 × 14.2 cm)
Sheet: 8 1/2 × 5 5/8 in. (21.6 × 14.3 cm)
Mount: 12 7/16 × 9 in. (31.6 × 22.9 cm)
Frame (outer): 17 3/8 × 14 3/8 × 1 1/4 in. (44.2 × 36.6 × 3.2 cm)

Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Knox Nunnally at "One Great Night in November, 2008" in honor of the Greatest Generation veterans who served in the United States Navy

Object number2008.528

Not on view

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Department

Photography

Special Collections

World War II in Photographs - Formerly owned by mdaniel

Object Type

PHOTOGRAPHS

Provenance[Charles Schwartz Ltd., New York]; purchased by MFAH, 2008.
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

Unsigned

Stamped on verso mount:
"CREDIT & COPYRIGHT / © W. Eugene Smith / 821 AVE. OF THE AMERICAS / NEW YORK 1, N.Y. / TEL. 212 LA 4 - 6935"
"THIS PHOTOGRAPH MAY NOT BE REPRODUCED WITHOUT WRITTEN CONSENT OF / W. EUGENE SMITH"

Printed label on verso mat:
"CHARLES SCHWARTZ LTD / 21 East 90th Street / New York, NY 10128 / (212) 534-4496 • cms@cs-photo.com / W.Eugene Smith / Burial At Sea, 1944 / ... / This well-known and striking image was taken while Smith was working aboard USS Bunker / Hill for Ziff Davis News Correspondance. / printed 1955 ca / C.S.10773 / ... "

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