Title from caption on object: “The Case of the ‘Iron Brassiere’”

1950

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Mary and Dan Solomon

  • Dimensions

    image: 24.1 × 19.8 cm (9 1/2 × 7 13/16 in.)
    sheet: 25.4 × 20.8 cm (10 × 8 3/16 in.)

  • Accession

    2018.177.423

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Historic Images, Memphis); Mary and Dan Solomon, Monarch Beach, CA; gift to NGA, 2018.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

on verso, center left Acme copyright stamp in black ink inverted; bottom center printed in purple ink on applied paper inverted: BER 930540 RO / THE CASE OF THE "IRON BRASSIERE" / (FOURTH OF SEVEN) / AS THEY CROSS THE BORDER ON THE RUSSIAN SIDE / AN EAST ZONE POLICE GUARD CHECKS FRAU X AND / CHRISTA. THE SHOPPING BAG GETS A ONCE-OVER, / BUT THE "IRON BRASSIERE," OF COURSE, GOES UN- / NOTICED. / CREDIT LINE (ACME) 3/3/50 / ACME ROTO SERVICE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

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