Serious Steps
April 22, 1961
Artist, American, 1925 - 2002
Publisher

Artwork overview
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Medium
gelatin silver print
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
image: 23.4 × 16.7 cm (9 3/16 × 6 9/16 in.)
sheet: 25.4 × 17.8 cm (10 × 7 in.) -
Accession
2018.177.620
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Mary and Dan Solomon, Monarch Beach, CA; gift to NGA, 2018.
Associated Names
Inscriptions
across bottom printed in image: (THR-4) THURMONT, MD., APRIL 22 - TWO MEN WITH A PROBLEM - Heads bowed, / President Kennedy, left, walks along a path at Camp David, near / Thurmont, Md., with former President Eisenhower as the two met to / discuss Cuban crisis. Both were flown to the mountain-top retreat / by helicopter, President Kennedy coming from Washington while / Eisenhower was flown down from his Gettysburg, Pa., farm, (APWirephoto) / (See AP Wire Story) (wfa 7 1520 stf) 1961 [underlined in black ink]; on verso, by unknown hand, top right in graphite underlined: E92.5; upper center in blue ink: Pres. John F. Kenney; upper center in graphite: 4 1/4 x 6 5.8; upper right: E10 [circled] / 7pm / cold plate; upper right stamped in red ink perpendicular: MAR 31 1969; upper right stamped in red ink: APR 24 1961; by unknown hand, center in graphite crossed out: 2 col; center right in graphite: LINE B. / make / 2 cuts [underlined]; center right in graphite crossed out: 9PM; lower center stamped in purple ink inverted: APR 22 8 13 PM '61