WWII, August 1944, Shoes Dropped by Allies Behind the Front Line to Fighting, August 1944, printed later

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Medium

gelatin silver print

Dimensions

sheet: 25.4 × 20.32 cm (10 × 8 in.)
image: 19.21 × 19.21 cm (7 9/16 × 7 9/16 in.)

Credit Line

Corcoran Collection (Gift of the Artist, Constance Stuart Larrabee WWII Collection)

Accession Number

2016.117.301

Artists / Makers

Constance Stuart Larrabee (artist) American, born England, 1914 - 2000

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Inscription

on verso, top right stamped in black ink: 92414; by artist, center in graphite: 40547; across bottom in graphite: 12 / SHOES DROPPED BY ALLIES / TO FREE FRENCH SUMMER 1944 / (August) / S. FRANCE; bottom center stamped in black ink: CREDIT © PHOTOGRAPH: / CONSTANCE STUART LARRABEE / CHESTERTOWN, MARYLAND 21620

Provenance

Constance Stuart Larrabee, Chestertown, MD; gift to the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2000; acquired by NGA, 2016.

Associated Names

Merryman, Joan