Sunday Afternoon, Baldo Plays Morra
1951
Artist, American, born Poland, 1911 - 1956
Publisher

Artwork overview
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Medium
gelatin silver print
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
image/sheet: 29.53 x 21.59 cm (11 5/8 x 8 1/2 in.)
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Accession
2008.122.28
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Ben Shneiderman, Bethesda, MD; gift to NGA, 2008.
Associated Names
Inscriptions
on verso, by unknown hand, upper left in red crayon underlined: 28; by unknown hand, upper right in red ink: Italy-R2; upper center stamped in blue ink in a box: PLEASE CREDIT DAVID SEYMOUR-MAGNUM MAGNUM PHOTOS INC. 67 West 44th Street New York 19, N.Y.; by unknown hand, center in graphite: 16-34; lower center printed in black ink on label: Sunday afternoon, Baldo plays 'Morra' an Italian peasant game which consists of guessing the toral [sic] number of outstretched fingers of the two players. The two players face each other with closed fists and then at the same time stretch out a certain number of fingers announcing simultaneously their guess as to the total. A right guess counts for a point.
Wikidata ID
Q64146079