Title from caption on object: “’Big Three’ Gathers at Yalta”

February 1945

British 20th Century

Associated Names
British 20th Century

Artist

Associated Press

Publisher

The image shows three seated men in the foreground and several standing men in the background. The seated men are shown from the knees up, sitting on wooden chairs. The man on the left is holding a cigar and wearing a double-breasted coat. The man in the middle is holding a hat and wearing a coat with a cape. The man on the right is wearing a military uniform complete with a peaked cap. In the background, the standing men are wearing formal coats and hats, with some facing forward and others engaged in conversation. The background features a wall with large arches.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Mary and Dan Solomon

  • Dimensions

    image: 16.8 × 21.3 cm (6 5/8 × 8 3/8 in.)
    sheet: 18 × 22.8 cm (7 1/16 × 9 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2018.177.347

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(sale, RMY Auctions, Wilder, ID); Mary and Dan Solomon, Monarch Beach, CA; gift to NGA, 2018.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

on verso, by unknown hand, upper left in graphite: 15 1/2 ins / Tues Starred A9; center left stamped in blue ink perpendicular: ENGRAVING / 1 SEP 3 PM 3:54; center left stamped in purple ink perpendicular: [star] STAR [star] / 2nd Edition / SEP 4 1 [illegible]; by unknown hand, center left in red pencil inverted: [con]ference; center Associated Press copyright stamp in black ink partially visible and perpendicular; center right printed in black ink on applied paper: 205540 (EXTENSION OF 205400) / ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTO FROM NEW YORK / CAUTION: USE CREDIT / 'BIG THREE' GATHERS AT YALTA / MEETING ON THE GROUNDS OF THE LIVADIA / PALACE, YALTA, [circled in black ink] IN THE CRIMEA, FOR THEIR IMPORT- / ANT CONFERENCES ARE, LEFT TO RIGHT: (SEATED) / PRIME MINSTER CHURCHILL, PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT / AND MARSHAL STALIN; [circled in black ink] (STANDING) LORD LEATHERS, / ANTHONY EDEN, EDWARD R. STETTINIUS, JR., SIR / ALEXANDER CADOGAN, VYACHESLAV MOLOTOV, AND / AVERILL HARRIMAN. THIS IS A BRITISH OFFICIAL / PHOTO. / ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTO / M/MO 2-16-45 920 LON BOPL / W LIST (NYWS OUT) 89; by unknown hand, lower left in blue ink inverted: JOSEPH / STALIN [circled] / YALTA [underlined]; lower left in red pencil on applied paper inveted: 1-

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