Title from caption on object: “Stalin at Yalta”

February 1945

American 20th Century, United States Army Signal Corps

Three men are seated in chairs. The central figure is facing slightly to the left, while the men on either side are angled towards the center. The central person is wearing a dark cloak over a suit. To his right, a man is dressed in a heavy, double-breasted coat and a dark, rounded hat. On the opposite side, the third man sports a high-collared military coat with epaulets and a peaked cap. They are all seated on ornately carved chairs with a patterned rug beneath them. In the background, several individuals in military and civilian attire stand in groups, with some looking towards the seated trio, set against a plain wall.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Mary and Dan Solomon

  • Dimensions

    image: 16.6 × 21.5 cm (6 9/16 × 8 7/16 in.)
    sheet: 17.2 × 21.8 cm (6 3/4 × 8 9/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2018.177.346

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

John Rogers, Little Rock, AK; Mary and Dan Solomon, Monarch Beach, CA; gift to NGA, 2018.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

bottom left partially visible Signal Corps logo printed in negative; on verso, by unknown hand, top center in blue ink inverted: Winston Churchill / Franklin D. Roosevelt / Josef [sic] Stalin; upper left International News Photos copyright stamp in blue ink; center left stamped in red ink perpendicular: MAR 7 1953; center printed in purple ink on applied paper inverted: FILE PICTURES SENT IN CONNECTION WITH STALIN'S MORIBUND / CONDITION....... / 1012183....WATCH CREDIT....INTERNATIONAL NEWS PHOTOS / SLUG...(YALTA) / STALIN AT YALTA--- / YALTA, CRIMEA....FAMOUS PICTURE OF THE BIG THREE, WINSTON / CHURCHILL, PRESIDENT FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT, AND JOSEF [sic] / STALIN (L. TO R.) AT THE YALTA CONFERENCE, FEB. 1945. / CLAUSES DEALING WITH CONCESSIONS MADE TO GET RUSSIA TO / FIGHT AGAINST JAPAN, WERE NOT PUBLISHED UNTIL MARCH 1947. / (E-3-4-53)

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