Title from caption on object: “Rescued from Cave of Death”
June 1944
Artist, American, 1918 - 1978
Publisher
Artwork overview
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Medium
gelatin silver print
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
image: 18.2 × 17 cm (7 3/16 × 6 11/16 in.)
sheet: 19.6 × 18.1 cm (7 11/16 × 7 1/8 in.) -
Accession
2018.177.339
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Catherine Ryan; Mary and Dan Solomon, Monarch Beach, CA; gift to NGA, 2018.
Associated Names
Inscriptions
on verso, by unknown hand, upper right in red pencil perpendicular: #34 / 567-; center left printed in purple ink on applied paper perpendicular: LF 730854 -------------------- NEW YORK BUREAU / RESCUED FROM CAVE OF DEATH / SAIPAN [circled in red crayon] --A TINY JAPANESE BABY IS PASSED FROM / HAND TO HAND DOWN A LONG LINE OF AMERICAN / TROOPS, ON ITS WAY TO LEVEL GROUND AND AN / AMBULANCE JEEP. THE TOT WAS THE ONLY LIVING / THING FOUND AMONG HUNDREDS OF NIP DEAD BY / PATROLS CLEARING OUT DIFFICULT TERRAIN ON / SAIPAN. (PASSED BY CENSOR) / CREDIT LINE (ACME) (WP) 7-19-44 (ML) / BUR #1A; center Acme copyright stamp in pink ink perpendicular; by unknown hand, center right in red ink perpendicular: WWII - Saipan (Civilians); lower right stamped in blue ink: THE MINNEAPOLIS STAR JOURNAL / ROTOGRAVURE / PAGE [by unknown hand in graphite: 6] / COPY [by unknown hand in graphite: 3] / ISSUE [by unknown hand in graphite: Aug. 27/44]