Children at play in the kindergarten of one of the model Viennese community housing centres for the working class, built in the 1920s
c. 1948
David Seymour (Chim)
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: 31 × 25.72 cm (12 3/16 × 10 1/8 in.)
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Accession Number
2015.19.4964
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
David Seymour/Magnum Photos Inc., New York; Eileen Shneiderman, sister of the artist, 1956; Ben Shneiderman, nephew of the artist, Washington, DC; gift to the Corcoran Gallery of Art, 2003; acquired by NGA, 2015.
Associated Names
Inscriptions
on verso, by unknown hand, top center in graphite: Seymour -A / Magnum; vertical along upper left edge, crossed out: Vienna; center left perpendicular, underlined: Austria; center right stamped in green ink: 115; center right in graphite: -A; center reversed: 1-308; vertical along bottom left edge in blue ink: S-9 Austria; by Corcoran Gallery of Art, bottom right in graphite: 2003.44.08
Wikidata ID
Q64146111