Title from caption on object: “In Budapest, Hungary, a Year Ago, a Statue of the Late Joseph Stalin Was Tumbled to the Street…”
October 31, 1956
Artist
Publisher
Unknown 20th Century
Artwork overview
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Medium
gelatin silver print
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
image: 14.5 × 21.2 cm (5 11/16 × 8 3/8 in.)
sheet: 17.7 × 22.7 cm (6 15/16 × 8 15/16 in.) -
Accession Number
2018.177.427
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Mary and Dan Solomon, Monarch Beach, CA; gift to NGA, 2018.
Associated Names
Inscriptions
by unknown hand, lower center in graphite: 691; lower center in grease pencil: E92; on verso, upper left stamped in purple ink perpendicular: NOV - 5 1956; upper left stamped in blue ink perpendicular: ENGRAVING; upper left: ARTISTS / 1961 NOV 18 PM 2:06; upper left: 1957 OCT 21 PM 5:34; upper left International News Photos copyright stamp in blue ink; upper center stamped in purple ink on applied newspaper perpendicular: T OCT 22 1957; upper center printed in black ink on applied newspaper perpendicular: In Budapest, Hungary, / a year ago, a statue of / the late Josef [sic] Stalin / was tumbled to the / street during the Hun- / garian uprising that was / finally put down by Rus- / sian troops. The symbol / has yet to be re-erected.; center right stamped in purple ink inverted: TRIBUNE CUT ORDER / Subject [by unknown hand in graphite crossed out: PP 2] / Size [by unknown hand in graphite crossed out: 5 1/4" x 3 5/8] / For TRIBUNE BLUE edition on / Ordered by / Time Date; by unknown hand, center right in red ink circled and perpendicular: Hungary - Rebellion - Budapest; lower left stamped in blue ink perpendicular: TRIBUNE CUT ORDER / Subject [by unknown hand in graphite: Statue # 2] / Size [by unknown hand in graphite: 3 1/2" x 3 3/4"] / For [by unknown hand in graphite: SUNDAY Tel] edition on / Ordered by / Time Date; lower center stamped in blue ink inverted: ENGRAVING / 1957 OCT 20 AM 5: 37