Title from caption on object: “Bereaved Family”
November 24, 1963
Artist
Publisher
American 20th Century

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: 23.3 × 17.8 cm (9 3/16 × 7 in.)
sheet: 25.4 × 20.6 cm (10 × 8 1/8 in.) -
Accession Number
2018.177.508
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Mary and Dan Solomon, Monarch Beach, CA; gift to NGA, 2018.
Associated Names
Inscriptions
crop marks upper center and upper right in orange crayon; crop marks across top, along left edge, and across bottom in white paint; by unknown hand, upper right in graphite: 85; upper right in orange crayon circled: J; vertical along right edge printed in image: (WX8) WASHINGTON, NOV. 24--BEREAVED FAMILY--Mrs. John F. Kennedy stands at a White House entrance / with her children, three-year-old John, Jr., and Caroline, before joining the procession in which / her husband’s body was borne from the Executive Mansion to the Capitol. At rear are / Attorney General Robert Kennedy and Mrs. Jean Smith, sister of the slain President. / (AP WIREPHOTO) (SEE AP WIRE STORY) (rw11355stf) [1]963; lower left Associated Press logo in black ink on applied paper; by unknown hand, lower right in grease pencil: 9; on verso, upper left stamped in black ink: KENNEDY, JOHN F. : ASSASSINATION [by unknown hand in blue ink: -21] / NO CUT FILED [crossed out in black ink] / 503 - 30 - 3 [crossed out in black ink]; upper left stamped in red ink: NOV 25 1963 M; upper left: JUL 28 1989 M; upper left printed in black ink on applied barcode label perpendicular: ABN-698=BS; by unknown hand, upper left illegible printing notes in black ink circled and perpendicular; upper center stamped in blue ink: '63 NOV 24 PM 4:30; by unknown hand, lower left in blue ink circled and perpendicular: 8 1/8; lower left stamped in black ink perpendicular: OTHER