Title from caption on object: "’I Do Solemnly Swear...’ John F. Kennedy Takes Oath”
January 20, 1961
American 20th Century
Artist
Artwork overview
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Medium
gelatin silver print with applied color
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
image: 18.9 × 24 cm (7 7/16 × 9 7/16 in.)
sheet: 20.6 × 25.4 cm (8 1/8 × 10 in.) -
Accession Number
2018.177.642
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Mary and Dan Solomon, Monarch Beach, CA; gift to NGA, 2018.
Associated Names
Inscriptions
crop marks upper left, upper center, and lower left in black ink; on verso, by unknown hand, top center in blue ink: TUED/1/21c3; upper left in black ink: 3338; upper left printed in black ink on applied barcode label: ABJ-838-CT; by unknown hand, upper right in blue ink: Kennedy [illegible]; center left: Inaug / 24 [crossed out] / 1 1/2 x / 2 lines; center stamped in red ink on applied newspaper: MAY 29 1962; center printed in black ink on applied newspaper: [reproduction of image] / "I DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR..." / John F. Kennedy takes oath; center printed in black ink on applied newspaper: "I DO SOLEMNLY [obscured] / John F. Kennedy Raises hand to take oath of Presidency.; by unknown hand, center in blue ink on applied newspaper: inauguration; center right stamped in purple ink perpendicular: [illegible] DEP / 1961 JAN 20 PM 1 44; lower left stamped in red ink inverted: AMER. PIX; by unknown hand, lower center in blue crayon: 1634