Passersby Watch Police and Ambulance Attendants after Edward White was Killed Yesterday
May 23, 1949
Artist, American, 1912 - 1989
Artwork overview
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Medium
gelatin silver print
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Credit Line
Corcoran Collection (Gift of the Estate of Frederica Ellis, wife of Arthur J. Ellis)
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Dimensions
image/sheet: 27.62 × 34.61 cm (10 7/8 × 13 5/8 in.)
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Accession
2016.22.147
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Frederica Ellis, wife of the artist, Washington, DC; Debra Weingarten Jacobs, niece of the artist, North Bethesda, MD, 2001; gift to the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2005; acquired by NGA, 2016.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
2003
Front Page: The Photographs of Arthur Ellis, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, July 2 – August 14, 2003
Inscriptions
on verso, by unknown hand, center left in black ink on red sticker: 2) / 11MB; center stamped in black ink: PHOTO BY ELLIS; center right: MAY 23 1949; by Corcoran Gallery of Art, bottom right in graphite: 2005.010.033
Wikidata ID
Q64144985