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vertical along right edge printed in image: (NY2-Feb. 1) GANDHI’S BODY LIES IN STATE--The body of Mohandas K. / Gandhi, covered with rose petals, lies in state yesterday in the / Birla House, New Delhi, scene of his assassination Friday. Two / bullet holes (dark spots) show on right side of Gandhi’s chest. / Picture by Max Desfor, Associated Press staff photographer. / (AP Wirephoto via radio from London) (see story) (pr11408RCA1) 1948; on verso, center Associated Press copyright stamp in green ink; by unknown hand, lower center in graphite inverted: File / 2-4-48

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Solomon, Dan and Mary

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