Title from caption on object: “President Kennedy Slumps over toward Jackie, Mortally Wounded...”

November 22, 1963

Abraham Zapruder

Associated Names
Abraham Zapruder

Artist, American, born Russia, 1905 - 1970

United Press International

Publisher

This is a black and white photograph showing a partially visible vehicle and its occupants in a motorcade. The vehicle is moving left to right, with a vertical line in the background, possibly a pole. The background appears blurred and grainy, resembling a road or wall. The convertible vehicle has a mid-20th-century design with side mirrors and the rear end visible. The occupants inside are seated, indistinct due to motion blur and the image quality. Shadows are cast within and around the vehicle, adding depth to the scene. Text at the top of the image provides context but is not described here.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print with applied color

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Mary and Dan Solomon

  • Dimensions

    image: 17.4 × 22 cm (6 7/8 × 8 11/16 in.)
    sheet: 17.8 × 23.2 cm (7 × 9 1/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2018.177.491

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Inscriptions

across top printed in image: NXP1403225A-11/29/63-DALLAS: President Kennedy slumps over towards Jackie, mortally wounded / by an assassin during motorcade here 11/22. (TIME Inc., holder of the copyright, restricts / use of these photos to newspapers only in U.S.A. and Canada. They may not [underlined] be used on tele- / vision nor in magazines. They may not be retouched or altered in any way. Mandatory credit: / “Courtesy, LIFE magazine, copyright 1963, Time Inc. All rights reserved.” VIA UPI TELEPHOTO 1d; by unknown hand, center in orange crayon: X; on verso, by unknown hand, upper right in red crayon: 1; center printed in black ink on applied newspaper perpendicular: Courtesy, LIFE Magazine, copyright 1963, Time Inc. All rights reserved / [Pre]sident Slumps Over Toward His Wife; lower left printed in black ink on applied paper: Edition [by unknown hand in graphite: advance] / Slug [by unknown hand in graphite: Kennedy #1] / Page [by unknown hand in graphite: 4] / Date [by unknown hand in graphite: Thurs] / Size [by unknown hand in graphite: 76x18] / Special Instructions [by unknown hand in graphite: PA-6 / for [illegible]] / Cut to / NR-60a; by unknown hand, lower left in red crayon on applied paper: X; lower right stamped in red ink perpendicular: SEP 25 '88; by unknown hand, lower right in red crayon perpendicular: J.F.K. / Death / Dallas

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