Title from caption on object: “A Tale of Two Cities”

September 1961

Unknown 20th Century

Associated Names
Unknown, 20th Century

Artist

United Press International

Publisher

This is a photograph of a storefront window with potted plants. The image shows a large glass display window with a row of small potted plants placed on top of what appears to be a refrigerator or glass cabinet. The cabinet is integrated into the window structure and features vertical bars on either side as a decorative element. The building's facade is made from large stone tiles, and there is a vent below the window. The sidewalk in front of the window is paved with small, roughly shaped cobblestones. The photograph is taken in black and white.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print with applied color

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Mary and Dan Solomon

  • Dimensions

    image: 19.4 × 24.7 cm (7 5/8 × 9 3/4 in.)
    sheet: 20.3 × 25.7 cm (8 × 10 1/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2018.177.433

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Historic Images, Memphis); Mary and Dan Solomon, Monarch Beach, CA; gift to NGA, 2018.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

retouching across recto in black ink; on verso, center UPI copyright stamp in black ink; center right stamped in red ink: CENTRAL PRESS / ASSOCIATION / SEP 19 1961 / REFERENCE DEPT. / [by unknown hand in graphite: 4045]; by unknown hand, lower center in red crayon on applied paper: 20 / 3; lower center printed in purple ink on applied paper: [illegible] 1293546 RO / A TALE OF TWO CITIES / (SEVENTH OF TWELVE) / FLOWER POTS SIT ATOP AN EMPTY / SHOW WINDOW. A FREQUENT SIGHT IN EAST BERLIN. [underlined in red crayon] / THIS SHOP -- WITH NOTHING TO DISPLAY IN / ITS SHOWCASE -- IS ON STALINALLEE, EAST / BERLIN'S "SHOW" STREET, IRONICALLY ENOUGH. / CREDIT LINE (UPI PHOTO) 9/2/61 (JB) / UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL ROTO SERVICE

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