Breaking into a Food Store, Port Said

1956

David Seymour

Artist, American, born Poland, 1911 - 1956

Magnum Photos

Publisher

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Ben Shneiderman

  • Dimensions

    image/sheet: 30.48 x 20.96 cm (12 x 8 1/4 in.)

  • Accession

    2008.122.13

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Ben Shneiderman, Bethesda, MD; gift to NGA, 2008.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

on verso, by unknown hand, upper left in graphite: 396-5; by unknown hand, upper center in graphite circled: 13; across left printed in black ink on label: 13. Operation Port Said. (1956) Mob breaks into a food store in Port Said. An army stores dump on the outskirts of the city was also looted.; center stamped in blue ink in a box: DAVID SEYMOUR-MAGNUM Photos; by unknown hand, center in blue ink: NO0434

Wikidata ID

Q64146063

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