Boy, Naples, Italy

1944

Wayne Miller

Associated Names
Wayne Miller

Artist, American, 1918 - 2013

The image shows a group of children with a focus on a young boy who is captured from the waist up. He is facing the camera with a slight tilt to his body. His facial features include big, bright eyes, a wide smile revealing his teeth, and dirt on his face. His hair is covered by a makeshift cap or cloth. The boy is wearing a worn and tattered shirt with multiple holes and frayed edges. Around him are other children, some partially visible and slightly out of focus, standing closely together in an outdoor, urban environment.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Wayne F. Miller Family

  • Dimensions

    image: 27.1 × 27.1 cm (10 11/16 × 10 11/16 in.)
    sheet: 35.3 × 27.9 cm (13 7/8 × 11 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2021.89.34

  • Copyright

    © Wayne F. Miller

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Estate of Wayne Miller, Orinda, CA; Jeanette Miller, Lafayette, CA; gift to NGA, 2021.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

on verso, signed by artist, upper center in graphite: Wayne F. Miller; by artist, lower right printing notes in graphite; bottom center: TR-13023; center stamped in black ink: © Wayne F. Miller / Magnum Photos Inc.; by unknown hand, bottom left in graphite: 121.144.3.06

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