Title from caption on object: “Julius Rosenberg, Convicted Atom Spy, Holds His Head Erect...”

April 5, 1951

Frank Jurkoski

Associated Names
Frank Jurkoski
Artist, American, 1911 - 1990
International News Photos, Inc.
Publisher
The image shows a black and white photograph of two men from the waist up. The man on the left is standing upright with his head held high. He has short dark hair and is wearing glasses. He is dressed in a long, dark overcoat and a patterned tie. His facial expression is neutral as he looks slightly to the side. The man on the right is partially turned away, covering his face with his hand. He is wearing a lighter-colored hoodie with the hood down and dark pants. His other hand is handcuffed to the first man. A third person, partially visible, is wearing a pinstriped suit and reaching towards the handcuffed individuals. The background consists of a tiled wall.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print with applied color

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Mary and Dan Solomon

  • Dimensions

    image: 19.7 × 16.8 cm (7 3/4 × 6 5/8 in.)
    sheet: 22.8 × 18.1 cm (9 × 7 1/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2018.177.412

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Inscriptions

by unknown hand, top center in black ink: 2 1/2 COL. x 7” DAILY; top right in graphite crossed out: 800; crop marks upper left and upper right in black ink; retouching across upper center in grey paint; vertical along left edge printed in image: NY-70..4/5/51.. NEW YORK... JULIUS ROSENBERG, CONVICTED ATOMIC SPY, HOLDS HIS HEAD ERECT / AS HE ENTERS FEDERAL COURT TODAY TO HEAR HIS SENTENCE. ANOTHER PRISONER SHACKLED TO / ROSENBERG HIDES HIS FACE FROM THE CAMERA. ROSENBERG WAS SENTENCED TO DEATH, AS WAS HIS / WIFE ETHEL. DATE OF EXECUTION WAS SET FOR THE WEEK OF MAY 21. THE THIRD CONVICTED SPY, / MORTON SOBELL, WAS NOT SENTENCED..INP SOUND PHOTO BY FRANK JURKOSKI...TIME..............; on verso, by unknown hand, upper left in graphite perpendicular: 6 col x 7” / 6 1/2; upper center printed in black ink underlined in red crayon: JULIUS ROSENBERG; center partially visible International News Photos copyright stamp in blue ink; by unknown hand, center in black ink on applied newspaper: C / JULIUS; center stamped in purple ink on applied newspaper: APR 6 - 1951; center printed in black ink on applied newspaper: [reproduction of image] / [cut off] her husband, / [cut off] secrets to Russian / [cut off] citizens con- / [cut off] although others / have been executed as traitors. Court denounced their crimes as worse / than murder. Rosenberg [underlined in red pencil] enters court shackled to another prisoner / who hides his face. / —International News Soundphoto; center right stamped in purple ink: RECEIVED EXAMINER / REFERENCE LIBRARY / APR-6 1951

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