Title from caption on object: “Davao Prison: Death Was the Price Paid for This Drink of Water…”

June 1945

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print with applied color

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Mary and Dan Solomon

  • Dimensions

    image/sheet: 21.9 × 16.3 cm (8 5/8 × 6 7/16 in.)

  • Accession

    2018.177.529


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Rhys M. Yeakley, Wilder, ID; Mary and Dan Solomon, Monarch Beach, CA; gift to NGA, 2018.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

retouching across recto in grey and white paint; crop mark upper center in grease pencil; on verso, center stamped in red ink perpendicular: JUN 22 1945; by unknown hand, center in grease pencil: 22; center in blue pencil: VP2; center in orange pencil: -21 1/4; lower center in graphite: 22 1/2 4 3/4; lower center printed in black ink on applied newspaper: DAVAO PRISON: Death was the price paid for this drink / of water. A Jap prisoner, apparently white, was found in / Davao prison hospital.; by unknown hand, bottom center in blue ink on applied label: Wars-WWII / prisoners


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