Jack Ruby Shoots Oswald

November 24, 1963

Homer Venso

Associated Names
Homer Venso

Artist, American, 1923 - 2011

National Broadcasting Company

Publisher, American, founded 1929

The image shows a blurred, black-and-white photograph of a group of people. The focus is on a man in the center wearing a suit, a coat, and a hat. He is engaged in a physical movement, surrounded by others in similar formal attire. The background shows more people, but they are out of focus. The setting appears to be indoors, but specific details are unclear due to the image's blurriness.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Mary and Dan Solomon

  • Dimensions

    image: 18.4 × 24.3 cm (7 1/4 × 9 9/16 in.)
    sheet: 20.3 × 25.7 cm (8 × 10 1/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2018.177.649

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Inscriptions

on verso, by unknown hand, upper center in graphite: J. Ruby shoots Oswald; center Culver Pictures Inc. copyright stamp in black ink

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