Sicilian Mother

Sicilian Mother

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Ivan Dmitri

Maker
American, 1900–1968

Sicilian Mother

An unposed natural color photograph made in Palermo Sicily, August 1943, an hour after an ememy raid.


August 1943
Photoengraving
Image: 28 x 21.2 cm
Frame: 53 x 39 cm
Gift of Jon L. Schumacher in memory of Howard A. Schumacher, 2006
Inscriptions recto (ink): [signature]
recto (printed): Sicilian Mother / by Ivan Dmitri / An unposed natural color photograph made in Palermo Sicily, August 1943, an hour after an ememy raid. First published January 29, 1944 in the [italics] Saturday Evening Post. One of a limited edition of hand-pulled proofs from a Condé Nast engraving.

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