Inscription
center UPI copyright stamp in black ink perpendicular; lower center printed in black ink on applied paper inverted: NXP (INP) 1244416 RO / PORTRAIT OF AN AGE / (FOURTH OF TEN) / "WEEPING FRENCHMAN," MADE BY / GEORGE MEJAT OF FOX MOVIETONE NEWS AND / DISTRIBUTED BY ASSOCIATED PRESS, IS ONE OF / THE MOST POIGNANT PICTURES TO COME OUT OF / WORLD WAR II. IT SHOWS A FRENCH CIVILIAN / IN MARSEILLES WEEPING OPENLY AS HE WATCHES / HISTORIC FRENCH BATTLE FLAGS BEING TAKEN / ACROSS THE MEDITERRANEAN TO PREVENT THEIR / CAPTURE BY THE CONQUERING NAZIS IN 1940. / CREDIT LINE (UPI PHOTO) 9/17/6 / 9/17/60 KG / UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL ROTO SERVICE
Provenance
Catherine Ryan; Mary and Dan Solomon, Monarch Beach, CA; gift to NGA, 2018.
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