Title from caption on object: “Bullet Entries”

1967

American 20th Century

Associated Names
American 20th Century

Artist

The image shows a graphic representation of a person's head and shoulders from the back. The head has simple round features with a dark shading at the top resembling hair. The shoulders are labeled with "LEFT" and "RIGHT". The graphic is abstract and lacks detailed facial features or clothing. The background is an off-white paper with faint textures, including writing, marks, a red line at the top and bottom, and a brown stain in the lower left corner.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print with applied color

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Mary and Dan Solomon

  • Dimensions

    image/sheet: 12.7 × 9.3 cm (5 × 3 11/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2018.177.522

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Inscriptions

crop marks upper center, upper right, and lower right in orange crayon; by unknown hand, upper right in graphite: 55; lower right: 174 / 16 / [line] / 1.60; on verso, upper left stamped in purple ink perpendicular: JUL 3 1967; vertical along left edge printed in black ink highlighted in red ink: KENNEDY, JOHN F. * ASSASSINATION * DALLAS; vertical along right edge printed in black ink on applied label: KENNEDY, JOHN F. - ASSASSINATION - / GENERAL; by unknown hand, center in graphite: Entries / Bonus See / Pg 7; center stamped in blue ink perpendicular: '67 JUN 30 AM; lower center stamped in purple ink on applied newspaper perpendicular: JUL 3 1967; lower right printed in black ink on applied newspaper perpendicular: BULLET ENTRIES / This drawing from Warren / Commission exhibits shows / where two bullets hit presi- / dent. Top wound was fatal. / [cut off] that pathologists were unable [cut off]; by unknown hand, lower right in blue ink perpendicular: [Me]dical Exhibits

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