Title from caption on object: “President Has Strong, Expressive Hands”

1961

Cornell Capa

Associated Names
Cornell Capa

Artist, American, born Hungary, 1918 - 2008

Magnum Photos

Publisher

This is a photograph of clasped hands in a monochromatic setting. The image shows a pair of hands met together in a pose, set against a blurred backdrop with a row of bright, round lights on one side. The contrast between light and shadow highlights the textures and detail of the hands and the suit cuffs they emerge from, which are adorned with stripes. In the background, there are soft-focused silhouettes hinting at a busy environment. The photo emphasizes the subject's hands as the focal point.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print with applied color

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Mary and Dan Solomon

  • Dimensions

    image: 16.9 × 24 cm (6 5/8 × 9 7/16 in.)
    sheet: 20.4 × 25.8 cm (8 1/16 × 10 3/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2018.177.484

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Inscriptions

retouching across recto in grey paint; crop mark upper center in black ink; crop marks center left and center right in white paint; on verso, upper left printed in black ink on applied barcode label: AHY-952-CT; by unknown hand, upper left in blue crayon underlined: 1634; upper center stamped in black ink: Capa-Kennedy Photos No.1-NANA/Magnum; upper center stamped in purple ink: 1961 APR 29 AM 10 29; by unknown hand, upper right in graphite circled: 69; center stamped in red ink on applied newspaper: APR 30 1961; center printed in black ink on applied newspaper: [reproduction of image] / President [by unknown hand in graphite: Kennedy] has strong, expressive hands.

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