Title from caption on object: "Spectators Sit on the Lawn at the Stephen Armstrong Home...”

July 20, 1969

William E. Sauro

Artist, American, 1929 - 2001

William E. Sauro

Attributed to

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Mary and Dan Solomon

  • Dimensions

    image: 26.8 × 19.9 cm (10 9/16 × 7 13/16 in.)
    sheet: 31.3 × 21 cm (12 5/16 × 8 1/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2018.177.17

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Mary and Dan Solomon, Monarch Beach, CA; gift to NGA, 2018.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2019

  • By the Light of the Silvery Moon: A Century of Lunar Photographs, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2019 - 2020, unnumbered catalogue.

Inscriptions

bottom center printed in black ink: (WPX8) WAPAKONETA, Ohio, July 20—SPECIAL TRANSMISSION TO NEW YORK TIMES / Spectators sit on lawn at the Stephen Armstrong home tonight and view / television as Neil Armstrong walks on the moon. Home in background. / (photo by Bill Sauro) (geh12610) 1969; by unknown hand, bottom center in orange crayon: 100

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