Aid from the Padre

June 2, 1962

Héctor Rondón Lovera

Artist, Venezuelan, 1933 - 1984

Associated Press

Publisher

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Mary and Dan Solomon

  • Dimensions

    image: 21 × 16.6 cm (8 1/4 × 6 9/16 in.)
    sheet: 22.8 × 18.1 cm (9 × 7 1/8 in.)

  • Accession

    2018.177.622

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Inscriptions

on verso, upper left stamped in black ink: REVIEW OF YEAR 1962 / NO CUT FILED / 556 - 268 D - 1; upper left stamped in red ink: DEC 3 1962; upper left stamped in black ink perpendicular: OTHER; center left printed in black ink on applied barcode label perpendicular: AFR-425-BS; bottom center printed in black ink on applied paper: L8053 / Associated Press Photo / Caution: Use Credit / (ONE OF A SERIES OF PICTURES HIGHLIGHTING 1962) / PADRE ON THE FIELD OF BATTLE / Father Luis Manuel Padilla holds wounded / government rifleman shot down in streets of / Puerto Cabello, Venezuela, during bloody revolt / against President Betancourt in June. More than / 200 were killed before rebels were beaten. / WA list Lon Tok / 11-30-62

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