Long after the Hospital Is Asleep, Schweitzer Works at His Desk

1954

W. Eugene Smith

Associated Names
W. Eugene Smith

Artist, American, 1918 - 1978

The image shows an older man's upper body and face as he leans forward with a pen in hand, writing or sketching on a piece of paper. He has distinct facial features, including a mustache, full head of hair styled back, and glasses on his nose. He wears a light-colored, long-sleeve shirt with rolled-up sleeves. The setting is an indoors space with an oil lamp on the table illuminating his cluttered workspace filled with papers, and possibly books or documents. The background is softly blurred, indicating a room with various objects.
This object’s media is not available for download. Contact us about image usage.
Not on view See artworks now on view

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Robert B. Menschel

  • Dimensions

    image/sheet: 23.2 × 34.5 cm (9 1/8 × 13 9/16 in.)
    mount: 40.8 × 40 cm (16 1/16 × 15 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2022.154.25

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Estate of Robert B. Menschel, New York; gift to NGA, 2022.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2017

  • Posing for the Camera: Gifts from Robert B. Menschel, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2017 - 2018, unnumbered catalogue.

Inscriptions

signed by artist, bottom right impressed with graphite pencil: W. Eugene Smith; on verso, by unknown hand, top left in graphite: Set #1 / 120 [perpendicular]; top right in black ink on applied label: RBM / ES-11; top right in graphite: RBM; upper left: #49; upper center: [printing notes] / Proof sheet # c149 Frame #41; center underline and circled: Ragboard 16 x 20 other way; center artist stamp in black ink; by unknown hand, center right in graphite: 65; lower center artist copyright stamp in black ink; lower center stamped in black ink: PERSONAL EXHIBITION PRINT / RETURNABLE ON DEMAND.

You may be interested in

Loading Results