Title from caption on object: “Dramatic Picture During Street Fighting in Stalingrad...”

1943

British 20th Century

Associated Names
British 20th Century

Artist

This is a photograph of an interior with a shadowy figure. The walls are textured, and there is debris on the floor. The lighting contrast between the dark room and the illuminated doorway enhances the mysterious atmosphere.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Mary and Dan Solomon

  • Dimensions

    image: 10.9 × 15.5 cm (4 5/16 × 6 1/8 in.)
    sheet: 12 × 16.7 cm (4 3/4 × 6 9/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2018.177.330

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Inscriptions

on verso, by unknown hand, top center in graphite inverted: 3547; upper center: P3; upper center stamped in purple ink inverted: CHARGED; center left and center right crop marks in graphite; center printed in black ink on applied newspaper inverted: Dramatic picture during / street fighting in Stalingrad [underlined in black ink] / from the Gaumont-British / newsreel. A Nazi, sniped in / a doorway, about to drop to / the ground after a Russian / bullet had struck him.; by unknown hand, lower center in graphite: 3537 / 2 col / 11.0; lower center stamped in purple ink inverted: 12 MAR [by unknown hand in graphite: 43]; by unknown hand, bottom left in graphite inverted: STALINGRAD / [illegible] WWII

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