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, by unknown hand, top right in red ink: Italy - S2; upper center in graphite: Sicily; upper center, typed in black ink on white label: Magnum Photos Inc. (c)1951 David Seymour / [bar code] / ITA 808ED070+001 / Sicily, Italy. 1951. Young shepard [sic] boy.; underneath label, stamped in dark ink: PHOTO BY / [DAVID SEYMOUR - MAGNUM] / MAGNUM PHOTOS / [indecipherable numbers] PARIS-8; lower center, typed in black ink on white label outlined with red rectangle: [underlined: NOTICE] / Photographs must be credited to the photographer and / MAGNUM PHOTOS. Photographs may not be cropped / or altered in any way [underlined: without prior written approval by / MAGNUM PHOTOS.] Photographs consigned by / MAGNUM PHOTOS for your possible use [underlined: may not be / scanned] without the express written permission of / MAGNUM PHOTOS. / VIOLATION OF THESE POLICIES WILL RESULT IN / FINES AT A MINIMUM OF 100% OF THE USAGE FEE.; by Corcoran Gallery of Art, bottom right in graphite: 2003.44.21

Wikidata ID

Q64146127