Title from caption on object: “Film Records Assassination Moment”

November 22, 1963

Abraham Zapruder

Artist, American, born Russia, 1905 - 1970

Associated Press

Publisher

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print with applied color

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Mary and Dan Solomon

  • Dimensions

    image: 26 × 20.1 cm (10 1/4 × 7 15/16 in.)
    sheet: 26.3 × 20.5 cm (10 3/8 × 8 1/16 in.)

  • Accession

    2018.177.492


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Inscriptions

by unknown hand, top right in grease pencil crossed out: R44; upper left: 59; upper left in red crayon circled: 1; crop marks upper left, upper right, center left, and center right in red crayon; by unknown hand, lower left in red crayon circled: 2; vertical along left edge printed in image: (NY28-Nov. 20)-FILM RECORDS ASSASSINATION MOMENT-These pictures from motion picture film recording / the assassination [underlined in red ink] of President [circled in orange crayon] John F. Kennedy [circled in red ink] in Dallas, Nov. 22, 1963, were released by Life Maga- / zine tonight in conjunction with an editorial calling for a new investigation. Life says Texas Gov. / John Connally, top, just emerging from behind sign in the Presidential auto, shows no reaction al- / though the President reacts to having been shot apparently while out of view behind the sign. / The magazine released these photos for one time newspaper use in conjunction with its article. / (Life Magazine--Copyright Time, Inc. via AP Wirephoto) 1966 SEE WIRE PHOTO NY29 SEE AP WIRE STORY; on verso, top left printed in black ink: KENNEDY, JOHN F.: ASSASSINATION; by unknown hand, top right in graphite crossed out: 503-30; top right in blue ink: [illegible] 59; upper left stamped in red ink: NOV 22 1966; upper left: MAY 1 1977 M; upper left: DEC 26 1980 M; upper left: NOV 21 1982 M; upper right stamped twice in black ink perpendicular: OTHER; center stamped in red ink: BALTO. SUN MAGAZINE / Date [by unknown hand in red ink: MA 71-77] / Page [by unknown hand in red ink: 11] / Picture [by unknown hand in red ink: 4] / Title; center right stamped in blue ink: BALTO. SUN MAGAZINE / Date [by unknown hand in graphite: 11/21/82] / Page [by unknown hand in graphite: 6] / Picture [by unknown hand in graphite: 2-3] / Title [by unknown hand in graphite: JFK]; by unknown hand, lower center in graphite: 3 1/2" wide / AM feature B-1 12-26-80 / [arrow] Hold for [illegible] AM art dept; lower right printed in black ink on applied barcode label perpendicular: ABN-681-BS


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