A child from the Sudeten region of Czechoslovakia plays with a homemade doll. Her family, temporarily housed in the ruins of a military barracks, were among thousands of displaced persons in the region, Vienna, Austria

Photography and Media

1948

Chim (David Seymour)
American, born Poland, 1911–1956

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Photography and Media

Artist: David Seymour
Title: A child from the Sudeten region of Czechoslovakia plays with a homemade doll. Her family, temporarily housed in the ruins of a military barracks, were among thousands of displaced persons in the region, Vienna, Austria
Place: United States (Artist's nationality:)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: Made 1948
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Inscriptions: Unmarked recto; inscribed or signed verso, on mount, center, in graphite: "David Seymour";
Dimensions: Image/paper: 34.5 × 27 cm (13 5/8 × 10 11/16 in.); Mount: 45.7 × 35.6 cm (18 × 14 1/16 in.)
Credit Line: Peabody Fund
Reference Number: 1957.238

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