Breaking into a Food Store, Port Said, 1956

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Medium

gelatin silver print

Dimensions

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

Credit Line

Gift of Ben Shneiderman

Accession Number

2008.122.13

Artists / Makers

David Seymour (artist) American, born Poland, 1911 - 1956

Magnum Photos (publisher)

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Inscription

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

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Shneiderman, Ben