Huey Long

January 1935

American 20th Century

Associated Names
American 20th Century

Artist

This is a photograph featuring a scene where a large figure is superimposed over the Capitol Building. The image combines a black-and-white photograph of the U.S. Capitol Building with an oversized figure of a person appearing to emerge from behind the building with raised hands. The collage effect exaggerates the perspective, making the figure seem larger than life in comparison to the architecture. The bottom section of the image shows another photographic element, indicating a behind-the-scenes or editorial workflow.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    collage of gelatin silver prints with applied color

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Mary and Dan Solomon

  • Dimensions

    image: 19.6 × 15 cm (7 11/16 × 5 7/8 in.)
    sheet: 21.8 × 17.5 cm (8 9/16 × 6 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2018.177.299

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Inscriptions

retouching across recto in gray paint; by unknown hand, across top printing notes in black ink; upper left and upper right crop marks in black ink; across top, along left edge, and along right edge crop marks in grey paint; on verso, upper center stamped in blue ink: RECEIVED EXAMINER / REFERENCE LIBRARY / SEP 16 1935; upper center stamped in blue ink partially visible: RECEIVED EXAMINER / REFERENCE LIBRARY / JAN 10 1935; center printed in black ink on applied newspaper: 'I AM PRESIDENT' / [reproduction of image] / 'My First Days in The [White House]; center stamped in blue ink on applied newspaper: SEP 16 1935; by unknown hand, lower center in orange pencil: ✓ / HUEY LONG [underlined]

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