Sunday Afternoon, Baldo Plays Morra, 1951

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Medium

gelatin silver print

Dimensions

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sheet: 29.53 x 21.59 cm (11 5/8 x 8 1/2 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Ben Shneiderman

Accession Number

2008.122.28

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 red crayon underlined: 28; by unknown hand, upper right in red ink: Italy-R2; upper center stamped in blue ink in a box: PLEASE CREDIT DAVID SEYMOUR-MAGNUM MAGNUM PHOTOS INC. 67 West 44th Street New York 19, N.Y.; by unknown hand, center in graphite: 16-34; lower center printed in black ink on label: Sunday afternoon, Baldo plays 'Morra' an Italian peasant game which consists of guessing the toral [sic] number of outstretched fingers of the two players. The two players face each other with closed fists and then at the same time stretch out a certain number of fingers announcing simultaneously their guess as to the total. A right guess counts for a point.

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Shneiderman, Ben