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

About this artwork

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:)

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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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