Title from caption on object: “President Kennedy Slumps into the Arms of His Wife...”

November 22, 1963

Mary Moorman

Artist, American, born 1932

United Press International

Publisher

Mary Moorman

Attributed to

This is a blurry, black-and-white photograph. The image depicts a car on the left side, partially obstructed by a figure on a motorcycle who is closer to the viewer. There are two figures in the back of the car, and one appears to rest on the shoulder of the other. The background includes several trees and the side of a building with short walls. There are some figures visible on the other side of the street to the far left.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Mary and Dan Solomon

  • Dimensions

    image: 27 × 33.4 cm (10 5/8 × 13 1/8 in.)
    sheet: 28.3 × 35.5 cm (11 1/8 × 14 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2018.177.665

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Inscriptions

across top printed in image: DAP112301-11/23/63-DALLAS: President Kennedy slumps into the arms of his wife immediately / a sniper's bullet slammed into his head while riding in a motorcade. Photo was made on / a polaroid camera by a woman watching the parade. UPI TELEPHOTO; crop marks center left and center right in orange crayon; crop marks lower left in blue ink; on verso, by unknown hand, upper center in blue ink underlined: Pres. John F. Kennedy [circled] / Assassination; upper center in graphite circled and crossed out: SLUMP; center left in graphite crossed out: 5 col. 6" / 151 SUN; center stamped in red ink: SUN TIMES / NOV 24 1963; center stamped in green ink: PROPERTY OF / NEWSPAPER DIVISION / FIELD ENTERPRISES, INC.; center UPI copyright stamp in black ink; center right stamped in red ink: SUN TIMES / DEC 29 1963; by unknown hand, center right in graphite circled: 1; lower center in graphite: 5 col. x 5 / car + Dallas / [illegible printing notes]

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