Title from caption on object: “Oswald Denies Killing Kennedy”

November 23, 1963

American 20th Century

Associated Names
American 20th Century

Artist

Associated Press

Publisher

This image shows three side-by-side, black-and-white photographs of the same man. Each picture depicts him from the chest up, focusing on his upper body and face. His features include light skin, a square jawline, thin lips, and a prominent brow ridge. His dark hair is short and combed to the side, with a slightly tousled appearance. He is wearing a checkered jacket over a white shirt. In the center image, he appears to be looking slightly to the right, his gaze forward. In the leftmost image, he is gazing to the right, and in the rightmost image, he is looking downward, his face turned towards us. In the background of all three photos, two men can be seen behind him. There is a section of text at the bottom of the three images.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Mary and Dan Solomon

  • Dimensions

    image: 17.2 × 24.1 cm (6 3/4 × 9 1/2 in.)
    sheet: 20.6 × 25.4 cm (8 1/8 × 10 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2018.177.516

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Inscriptions

across bottom printed in image: (DN5) DALLAS, Tex., Nov. 23--OSWALD DENIES KILLING KENNEDY--Lee Harvey Oswald / is pictured early today as he stood before newsmen in a Dallas police station / and repeatedly denied that he had assassinated President Kennedy yesterday noon. / I did not kill President Kennedy,” he said. “I did not kill anyone. I don’t / know what this is all about.” He was brought before the newsmen just after / formal charges of murder were filed against him. (AP Wirephoto) (rhs70500stf) 1963; on verso, upper left stamped in green ink inverted: DEC 7 1963; upper left: NOV 24 1963; upper left stamped in green ink perpendicular: NOV 27 1963; center Associated Press copyright stamp in black ink inverted; center printed in black ink on applied newspaper: What People Who / [Kne]w Oswald Say of H[im]; by unknown hand, center in blue ink on applied newspaper: 12-8-63; center right stamped in green ink on applied newspaper: NOV 24 1963; by unknown hand, center right in red crayon perpendicular and underlined: Lee Oswald; lower right stamped in black ink perpendicular: DATE / USED / AUG 31 1975; by unknown hand, lower right in blue ink: Lee Oswald

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