Pablo Picasso in front of Guernica, Paris

1937, printed 1982

David Seymour

Artist, American, born Poland, 1911 - 1956

International Center of Photography

Publisher

A man with a round face and straight, ear-length hair stands at the foot of a mural that fills the background of this vertical black and white photograph. The man looks at us with shaded eyes, and he wears a light-colored collared shirt with the sleeves rolled up to the elbows. He wears a checked tie and crosses his arms, holding one cupped hand up as if shielding a cigarette from a breeze. The abstracted mural behind him shows a person with their face tipped up and one hand raised. The mouth and eyes are wide open. The person’s features are painted with dark outlines against a dark background.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Ben Shneiderman

  • Dimensions

    image: 30.48 x 20.32 cm (12 x 8 in.)
    sheet: 35.56 x 27.94 cm (14 x 11 in.)

  • Accession

    2008.122.38.2

Associated Artworks

See all 12 artworks

David Seymour / Chim

David Seymour, International Center of Photography

1982

Bernard Berenson at Ninety, Visiting the Borghese Gallery, Rome

David Seymour, International Center of Photography

1955

The Ernst Thaelmann Brigade

David Seymour, International Center of Photography

1936

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Bibliography

1998

  • Bondi, Inge. Chim: The Photographs of David Seymour. Boston: Bullfinch Press, 1998.

2003

  • David Seymour/Chim. Spain: Institut Valencia d'Art Modern, 2003.

Inscriptions

on verso, bottom center, rubber stamp in black ink with graphite additions: PRINT#2 EDITION #4/100 / THIS PRINT IS ISSUED AS PART OF DAVID SEYMOUR-CHIM / 1982 PORTFOLIO. IT MAY NOT BE REPRODUCED WITHOUT THE / EXPRESS WRITTEN PERMISSION OF THE INTERNATIONAL CENTER / OF PHOTOGRAPHY, NEW YORK. THIS PRINT IS FOR DISPLAY PUR- / POSES ONLY.

Markings

artist's signature impressed bottom right: Chim

Wikidata ID

Q64146091

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