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

May 1937

Unknown 20th Century

Associated Names
Unknown, 20th Century

Artist

Associated Press

Publisher

This is a black-and-white photograph of a firing squad scene. In the foreground, four figures on the left are aiming rifles towards a standing figure on the right, who is facing them with hands behind their back. The individuals are dressed in military-style uniforms, and the setting is outdoors with an open field extending to low hills or mountains in the background.
This object’s media is not available for download. Contact us about image usage.
Not on view See artworks now on view

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

You may be interested in

Loading Results