Place of Sorrow

William Witt, American, 1921 - 2013

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negative 1943; print about 1978

Gelatin silver print

Sheet: 11 × 14 in. (27.9 × 35.5 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Marina and Andrew E. Lewin, Class of 1981

2017.66.19

Geography

Place Made: United States, North America

Period

20th century

Object Name

Photograph

Research Area

Photograph

Not on view

Inscriptions

Signed and dated, in black ink, lower right below image: Witt 43; inscribed, in black ink, lower left below image: 24/25; signed, dated, and inscribed, in graphite, on reverse, center: Bill Witt 1943 / Place of Sorrow, India / © 1978 Bill Witt; inscribed, in graphite, on reverse, lower center [not in artist's hand]: 2PRT.S.T; inscribed, in graphite, on reverse, lower right [not in artist's hand]: 3000 / WW1N–102.33.

Provenance

Marina and Andrew E. Lewin, New York, New York; given to present collection, 2017.

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