Title from caption on object: “Actress Gina Lollobrigida Watches President Kennedy...”

July 23, 1962

James Pringle

Associated Names
James Pringle

Artist, Irish, 1919 - 1970

Associated Press

Publisher

This is a photograph of a vintage television being watched. The photograph captures an old television screen displaying a suited figure, possibly on a broadcast, while it sits on a wooden cabinet. A person is positioned beside the television with a focused expression, with a hand placed on top of the television set. The image is in black and white.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Mary and Dan Solomon

  • Dimensions

    image: 16.5 × 18.4 cm (6 1/2 × 7 1/4 in.)
    sheet: 16.7 × 18.9 cm (6 9/16 × 7 7/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2018.177.645

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Inscriptions

by unknown hand, center left in red crayon perpendicular: 80.5; on verso, center left printed in blue ink: RSH 61485; by unknown hand, center left in blue ink inverted: Gina [circled] / 3 7/8 / [illegible]; lower left in graphite inverted: BD11; center printed in black ink on applied newspaper: --AP Wirephoto / ACTRESS GINA LOLLOBRIGIDA WATCHES / ...President Kennedy on TV set in her villa in Rome last night.; center stamped in brown ink on applied newspaper: JUL 24 1962; by unknown hand, center right in blue ink: 1 US SPACE / 2 SATELLITES / 3 TEL STAR; lower left stamped in black ink inverted: TIMES

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