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, top left stamped in blue ink: #83; by unknown hand, top right in graphite: g. 64; top right stamped in blue ink: #83; upper center stamped inside rectangle: PLEAS[E] CREDIT / [line] / DAVID SEYMOUR-MAGNUM / [line] / MAGNUM PHOTOS INC. / 67 West 44th Street / New York 19, N. Y.; upper center perpendicular in graphite circled: 14; center right 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.; center typed in black ink on white paper: 14. WHITE ISLANDS OF GREECE. Hundreds of wells supply the popu- / lation of Mykonos with water. Work has started on a big project / for a new water supply system.; annotation in graphite following title: [line] 51-4-3,10; lower left stamped in faded black ink inside double rectangle: MAGNUM / [PH]OTO LIBRARY PRINT / NEW YORK. / [PRIN]T REF: [line] / [NEG?] REF: [line with graphite annotation: 2219] / TO BE RETURNED.; lower right in blue ink: 51-4; by Corcoran Gallery of Art, bottom right in graphite: 2003.44.22

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