A collection of old mortar shells made from the ruins of Cassino, Italy, 1948

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Medium

gelatin silver print

Dimensions

image/

sheet: 13.34 × 15.56 cm (5 1/4 × 6 1/8 in.)

Credit Line

Corcoran Collection (Gift of Ben Shneiderman)

Accession Number

2015.19.4970

Artists / Makers

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

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Inscription

on verso, by unknown hand, top left in graphite: EUROPE'S CHILDREN/ITALY; top right: RUINS; across top: 3-329: a collection of old mortar shells made / from the ruins of Cassino by a group of boys. / They sell the shells for scrap metal. / Occasionally a shell explodes and injures / the treasure-seekers.; by Corcoran Gallery of Art, bottom right: 2003.44.15

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Corcoran Gallery of Art
Shneiderman, Ben