Water!

January 1942

Frank Noel

Associated Names
Frank Noel

Artist, American, 1905 - 1966

The image is divided into two sections. In the top half, the view is at water level, showing a wooden boat with people under two large sails. The horizon is faintly visible above the middle of the image. The sea is calm with slight ripples. The color scheme is black and white, giving a documentary-like feel. In the lower half, the camera is inside the boat, close to a man in the center wearing a white shirt and head covering, with outstretched arms. Other figures are behind him, and details of the boat's structure and sails are visible.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Mary and Dan Solomon

  • Dimensions

    image: 25 × 15.7 cm (9 13/16 × 6 3/16 in.)
    sheet: 25.2 × 17.5 cm (9 15/16 × 6 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2018.177.616

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Inscriptions

crop marks around perimeter in graphite; on verso, top left stamped in blue ink: ENGRAVING / 1942 APR 20 PM 6:27; by unknown hand, upper center in red crayon inverted: 3 p [?]; center left perpendicular: 303; center printed in black ink on applied newspaper inverted: Two Lifeboats Sail Sea; / Only One Reaches Land / [reproduction of top image] / LIFEBOAT SAILS INDIAN OCEAN / [reproduction of bottom image] / CREWMAN PLEADS FOR MORE WATER; bottom center printed in black ink inverted and circled in red ink: WORLD WAR II - INDIAN OCEAN - RESCUES

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