First child born in Alma, Israel
1951, printed 1982
Artist, American, born Poland, 1911 - 1956
David Seymour (Chim)
Artwork overview
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Medium
gelatin silver print
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
image: 20.32 × 30.48 cm (8 × 12 in.)
sheet: 27.94 × 35.56 cm (11 × 14 in.) -
Accession Number
2016.117.282
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
Exhibition History
2006
Reflections from the Heart: Photographs by David Seymour, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, March 18 – June 4, 2006; Albin O. Kuhn Library & Gallery, University of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD, September 11 – December 10, 2006; George Eastman House, Rochester, NY, January 20 – April 22, 2007
Inscriptions
on verso, lower center stamped in black ink: PRINT # [line with graphite annotation: 9] EDITION # [line with graphite annotation: 77]/100 / THIS PRINT IS ISSUED AS PART OF THE DAVID SEYMOUR-CHIM / 1982 PORTFOLIO. IT MAY NOT BE REPRODUCED WITHOUT THE / EXPRESS WRITTEN PERMISSION OF THE INTERNATIONAL CENTER / OF PHOTOGRAPHY, NEW YORK. THIS PRINT IS FOR DISPLAY PUR- / POSES ONLY.; by Corcoran Gallery of Art, bottom right in graphite: 2003.44.19
Markings
artist's signature embossed lower right below image: Chim
Wikidata ID
Q64146126