Title from caption on object: "Gruesome Twosome”

April 29, 1945

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Mary and Dan Solomon

  • Dimensions

    image: 15.1 × 19.3 cm (5 15/16 × 7 5/8 in.)
    sheet: 16.9 × 21.5 cm (6 5/8 × 8 7/16 in.)

  • Accession

    2018.177.361

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Inscriptions

on verso, lower center printed in purple ink on applied paper inverted: "ACME TELEPHOTO" PRINTS CLEVELAND BUREAU / GRUESOME TWOSOME / BLOOD-STAINED, BULLET-RIDDLED HEAD OF BENITO MUSS / OLINI REST ON THE CRIMSON SPATTERED BREAST OF HIS / 25-YEAR-OLD MISTRESS, CLARA PETACCI, AFTER THEIR / EXECUTIONS BY ITALIAN PATRIOTS IN MILAN, ITALY. / CREDIT (RADIO ACME TELEPHOTO) PTS 4/30/45

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