Seat of Power
Photograph
Seat of Power
Nightwatch at the U.N.
January 1963
Gelatin silver print
Image: 9 3/8 × 6 5/16 in. (23.8 × 16 cm)
Paper: 10 × 8 in. (25.4 × 20.3 cm)
Gift of Time-Life Books
1968.0184.0467
Inscriptions Typed in black ink on applied label, recto LC: (UN) 1/63 21) SEAT OF POWER: Secretary General U Thant's desk chair in \ his suite on the 38th floor receives a vigorous brushing at 11 p.m. \ In the foreground, the pens which have signed many documents that \ flow from the UN to affect the peace and welfare of the world. \ Credits: Priya Ramrakha © 1963 MAGNUM Photos
