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Artist/Maker
Horst Faas
(German, 1933 – 2012)
Date1960
MediumVintage Associated Press wirephoto
DimensionsImage: 8 × 6 3/4 in. (20.3 × 17.2 cm)
Sheet: 8 1/4 × 8 1/8 in. (21 × 20.7 cm)
Credit LineGift of Thomas J. Wilson and Jill M. Garling, P2016
Object number2023.12.192
Not on view
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Verso, upper center (newspaper clipping): [upside-down] “After witnessing a display of folk dancing, / Congo President Joseph Kasavubu shook / hands with a tribal chief in a visit to the / Congo’s equator province. -AP Wirephoto”
Verso, upper center (stamp, purple ink): [upside-down and on top of newspaper clipping] “TU DEC [illegible date] 1960”
Verso, center (stamp, purple ink): [upside-down] “DEAD”
Verso, lower left (stamp, red ink): [upside-down] “NOTICE / This picture is the property of The Associated / Press and may be used only for the purposes of / reproduction when authorized by the owner. It may / not be syndicated, rented or loaned, or used for / advertising purposes or for the purposes of trade. / The following credit must be printed under / such reproduction of this picture: / ASSOCIATED PRESS / WIREPHOTO / and U. S. PATENT OFFICE”
Verso, lower right (stamp, blue ink): [sideways] “17789”
Verso, upper center (stamp, purple ink): [upside-down and on top of newspaper clipping] “TU DEC [illegible date] 1960”
Verso, center (stamp, purple ink): [upside-down] “DEAD”
Verso, lower left (stamp, red ink): [upside-down] “NOTICE / This picture is the property of The Associated / Press and may be used only for the purposes of / reproduction when authorized by the owner. It may / not be syndicated, rented or loaned, or used for / advertising purposes or for the purposes of trade. / The following credit must be printed under / such reproduction of this picture: / ASSOCIATED PRESS / WIREPHOTO / and U. S. PATENT OFFICE”
Verso, lower right (stamp, blue ink): [sideways] “17789”
Inscribed
Verso, upper left corner (pencil): “HF-AFR-06-2 / 900”
Verso, upper center (blue ink): [upside-down and on top of newspaper clipping] “tathus” (?)
Verso, upper center (pencil): [sideways] “y / 3 cal / Tribe Ch [writing covered by newspaper clipping]”
Verso, upper center (blue ink): [upside-down and on top of newspaper clipping] “tathus” (?)
Verso, upper center (pencil): [sideways] “y / 3 cal / Tribe Ch [writing covered by newspaper clipping]”
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Horst Faas
Date: April 14, 1971
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Horst Faas
Date: 1962
Medium: Vintage Associated Press wirephoto
Object number: 2022.15.125
Horst Faas
Date: 1966
Medium: Vintage Associated Press wirephoto
Object number: 2022.15.126
Horst Faas
Date: May 3, 1966
Medium: Vintage Associated Press wirephoto
Object number: 2022.15.128
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Date: September 9, 1962
Medium: Vintage Associated Press wirephoto
Object number: 2022.15.129
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Date: 1967
Medium: Vintage Associated Press wirephoto
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Horst Faas
Date: December 9, 1965
Medium: Vintage Associated Press wirephoto with retouching
Object number: 2022.15.131
Horst Faas
Date: December 1, 1965
Medium: Vintage Associated Press wirephoto
Object number: 2022.15.132