A child from the Sudeten region of Czechoslovakia plays with a homemade doll, Vienna, Austria

1948

David Seymour (Chim)

Associated Names
David Seymour

Artist, American, born Poland, 1911 - 1956

The image shows a child sitting with their head slightly tilted to the left. The child has scrunched-up eyes and a wrinkled nose, a playful facial expression. They have short, tousled hair and are wearing a textured sweater over a collared shirt. In their arms, they are holding a soft doll with a patterned dress. In the background, there are wooden boards or slats. The lighting is soft, with shadows adding depth to the image.
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Provenance

David Seymour/Magnum Photos Inc., New York; Eileen Shneiderman, sister of the artist, 1956; Ben Shneiderman, nephew of the artist, Washington, DC; gift to the Corcoran Gallery of Art, 2003; acquired by NGA, 2015.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

on verso, signed by artist, center in graphite: D. Seymour; by unknown hand, upper center perpendicular: Austria; vertical along bottom left edge in blue ink: S-9 Austria; by Corcoran Gallery of Art, bottom right in graphite: 2003.44.07

Wikidata ID

Q64146110

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