Title from caption on object: “Exiled Scientist en Route to London Haven”

June 5, 1938

Unknown 20th Century

Associated Names
Unknown, 20th Century

Artist

Wide World Photos

Publisher

The image depicts two people from the waist up leaning out of a train window. The person on the left is a woman, and the person on the right is an older man. The woman is closer to the viewer and leaning towards the man. Her facial features show a smile and light eyes, with short dark hair mostly covered by a hat. The man has a white beard, mustache, wears round glasses, and a wide-brimmed hat. Both individuals wear coats, with the woman wearing a light-colored coat and the man a darker one. The man holds a dark cane in his left hand and wears a ring with a dark stone. They are leaning out of a train car window, with the word "WAG" visible behind them. The background includes the train car's body, which is partly obscured.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Mary and Dan Solomon

  • Dimensions

    image/sheet: 21.1 × 16.5 cm (8 5/16 × 6 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2018.177.308

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(sale, Ebay.com); Mary and Dan Solomon, Monarch Beach, CA; gift to NGA, 2018.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

on verso, by unknown hand, upper right in black ink on applied label: RT 7451 / -7452; center printed in purple ink on applied paper perpendicular: WIDE WORLD PHOTO : PLEASE WATCH CREDIT / 892887 EXILED SCIENTIST EN ROUTE TO LONDON / HAVEN / PARIS.-- PROFESSOR SIGMUND FREUD [underlined and circled in red ink and graphite] AND HIS DAUGHTER, [underlined in red ink] / [by unknown hand in red ink: x] ANNA. [underlined in red ink] PHOTOGRAPHED IN THE WINDOW OF THEIR TRAIN / UPON ARRIVING HERE JUNE 5 FROM VIENNA, WHERE LIFE / UNDER THE NAZI REGIME BECAME TOO DIFFICULT FOR THE / "FATHER OF PSYCHOANALYSIS." AFTER SPENDING A FEW / HOURS IN PARIS RESTING, PROF. FREUD LEFT FOR HIS / HAVEN IN ENGLAND "TO PEACE, STUDY AND WORK." / T-6/13/38 (s) PAR BUR; center right stamped in black ink perpendicular: TRIBUNE OUT ORDER / Subject [by unknown hand in graphite: Freud] / Size [by unknown hand in graphite: 3 1/8" wide x 5 5/8"] / For [by unknown hand in graphite: P. Feature] edition [illegible] [by unknown hand in graphite: Thursday makeup] / Ordered by / Time; lower left Wide World Photos, Inc. copyright stamp in purple ink inverted and partially visible; lower left stamped in green ink: JUN 14 1938 PM

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