Title from caption on object: “Several Employees Watched Parade from Depository Steps...”

November 22, 1963

Ike Altgens

Associated Names
James William Altgens

Artist, American, 1919 - 1995

The image depicts blurred, soft-edged shapes and lines blending into an abstract composition. The pattern may suggest human figures or faces emerging from the visual noise, reminiscent of old, grainy film stills or shadowy silhouettes. The contrast between light and dark areas forms a fragmented mosaic that resembles figures resembling familiar objects like people in conversation or interaction, but their features are indistinct.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Mary and Dan Solomon

  • Dimensions

    image: 16.9 × 22.2 cm (6 5/8 × 8 3/4 in.)
    sheet: 17.9 × 23.1 cm (7 1/16 × 9 1/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2018.177.490

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Inscriptions

on verso, by unknown hand, upper center, in black ink on applied newspaper: 73126; lower center, printed in black ink on applied newspaper perpendicular: [reproduction of images] / SEVERAL EMPLOYES [sic] / watched parade from De- / pository steps, one of whom / was alleged to resemble Os- / wald (see box, above). War- / ren Commission determined / that this employe [sic] was Billy / Lovelady, who identified / himself. But people are still / making comparisons between / Oswald and the man in the / picture (see blowup, right).

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