Title from caption on object: “A Spy is Shot in Spain”

May 1937

Unknown 20th Century

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Mary and Dan Solomon

  • Dimensions

    image: 16.1 × 22.2 cm (6 5/16 × 8 3/4 in.)
    sheet: 17.8 × 23.4 cm (7 × 9 3/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2018.177.307

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Mary and Dan Solomon, Monarch Beach, CA; gift to NGA, 2018.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

on verso, upper left Associated Press copyright stamp in black ink inverted; by unknown hand, upper right in blue pencil: Page 5 / no 5 / 10 [crossed out]; center right in brown crayon: [illegible] / 6/6; bottom center printed in black ink on applied paper inverted: 10910 / ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTO FROM NEW YORK / CAUTION: USE CREDIT / A SPY IS SHOT IN SPAIN [circled in graphite] / BARCELONA, SPAIN, MAY 22 [crossed out in graphite] – CATELONIAN [sic] TROOPS / EXECUTE AN INSURGENT SPY IN WAR-TORN SPAIN. / NOTE PISTOL IN THE HAND OF THE OFFICER / DIRECTING THE FIRING. / ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTO / 5-22-37 RMB104PEDT U&U / ABC LIST (HARTFORD MONTREAL IN--PIX INC OUT); bottom center stamped in black ink on applied paper: JUN 13 1937

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