Object number2018.27.14

Santa Fe Essay - Battleship Lodge (strange composition) by the Rio Grande, New Mexico

Date1947

Artist W. Eugene Smith (American, 1918-1978)

CultureAmerican

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsSheet: 12 1/2 × 10 3/4 in. (31.8 × 27.3 cm)

Credit LineGift of Therese and David Hymer for art and learning

On View

Not on view

Period20th c

Classification(s)

Photograph

InscribedStamped, black ink, verso upper center: Santa Fe Essay (underlined in inscribed blue, followed by an "x") Stamped, blue ink, verso upper center: 22973 (with inscribed blue checkmark) Inscribed, graphite, verso URC: Photo # 767553 Stamped, blue/purple ink, verso upper center: FEB 28 1947 Stamped, blue/purple ink, verso URC: LIFE PHOTO / BY / W. EUGENE SMITH Inscribed, graphite, verso upper center: Battleship Lodge (strange / composition) - / by Rio Grande Stamped, black ink, verso center: LIFE PRINT BY JOHN HICK (faded) Inscribed, graphite, verso center: 36 / 8 / 8 / 2 Stamped, black ink, verso center right: Time Inc. copyright stamp Inscribed, graphite, verso LRC: 110 Inscribed, graphite, verso bottom center: PF 119658

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