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)
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
PhotographySpecial Collections
Object Type
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 / ... "
"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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W. Eugene Smith
1945
Gelatin silver print
2002.2298
