Monte Cassino, holy statues lie amid rubble and barbed wire

Monte Cassino, holy statues lie amid rubble and barbed wire

Photograph

Chim (David Seymour)

Maker
Polish, 1911–1956

Monte Cassino, holy statues lie amid rubble and barbed wire

ca. 1948
Gelatin silver print
Image: 34.2 x 22.1 cm (13 7/16 x 8 11/16 in.)
Overall: 35.3 x 27.9 cm (13 7/8 x 11 in.)
Gift of Ben Shneiderman
Inscriptions verso (typed label): Monte Cassino 48-5-1, 21 [title]
verso (red ink): Italy 52
verso (stamp): This print is not intended to be mounted or airbrushed
verso (stamp, repeated three times): David Seymour Magnum Photos
vesro (pencil): 48-5-1-21 / 7 ft.
verso (stamp): Magnum / Photo Library Print / New York / Log Ref. (pencil) 38440 [crossed out] / 9668 [crossed out] / 48013 / to be returned
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