Place of Sorrow
William Witt, American, 1921 - 2013
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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