Title from caption on object: “East German Soldier Jumped to Freedom”
August 15, 1961
Artist, German, 1941 - 2008
Publisher
Artwork overview
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Medium
gelatin silver print with applied color
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
image: 14.5 × 20.7 cm (5 11/16 × 8 1/8 in.)
sheet: 15.4 × 24.6 cm (6 1/16 × 9 11/16 in.) -
Accession
2018.177.432
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Mary and Dan Solomon, Monarch Beach, CA; gift to NGA, 2018.
Associated Names
Inscriptions
retouching across recto in grey paint; by unknown hand, center right in graphite: 8 [check mark]; on verso, by unknown hand, upper left in blue ink underlined: do not use; upper center stamped in blue ink: ARTISTS / 1961 AUG 16 PM 4:29; upper right stamped in black ink: TRIBUNE CUT ORDER / Subject [by unknown hand in graphite: Soldier] / Size [by unknown hand in graphite: 2 x 4 58"] / For [by unknown hand in graphite: Blue] edition on [by unknown hand in graphite: Thurs] / Ordered by [by unknown hand in graphite: Ross] / Time Date [by unknown hand in graphite: 8/16]; center stamped in purple ink on applied newspaper: T AUG 17 1981 4; center printed in black ink on applied newspaper: AP WIREPHOTO / EAST GERMAN SOLDIER JUMPED TO FREEDOM / Escaped Reds at sealed off Berlin border point; by unknown hand, lower center in blue ink: G; lower center Associated Press copyright stamp in black ink perpendicular; by unknown hand, lower center in pink ink circled: Germany-East-Refugees; lower right stamped in blue ink perpendicular: ENGRAVING / 1961 JUL 21 PM 4:34