Title from caption on object: “Warsaw”

September 1939

Julien Bryan

Associated Names
Julien Bryan

Artist, American, 1899 - 1974

This is a photograph of a damaged building. It shows a multi-story building that has suffered significant structural damage. Large pieces of brick and plaster are missing from the facade, with exposed interiors visible through holes. Some windows are shattered or missing, and debris is scattered along the street at the base of the building. A sign with text hangs above a closed storefront.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print with applied color

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Mary and Dan Solomon

  • Dimensions

    image: 24.5 × 18.7 cm (9 5/8 × 7 3/8 in.)
    sheet: 24.6 × 20.3 cm (9 11/16 × 8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2018.177.320

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Catherine Ryan [?]; Mary and Dan Solomon, Monarch Beach, CA; gift to NGA, 2018.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

crop marks along left edge and right edge in black ink and white paint; by unknown hand, lower right in graphite perpendicular: 73.5; on verso, top left printed in black ink: WAR, EUROPEAN 1939 WARSAW; by unknown hand, upper left in graphite: 339-12; upper left stamped in blue ink: OCT 10 1939 E; upper left stamped in black ink inverted: OTHER; upper center stamped in black ink: MUST CREDIT JULIEN BRYAN; upper center stamped in blue ink: RECEIVED / [clock] / OCT-9 1939 AM; by unknown hand, upper center in graphite: #4; upper right: 7" deep; center: 2 col / pp 1st ED [underlined]

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