W. Eugene Smith and Life Magazine
The Wake
1951
Scroll
Physical Qualities
Gelatin silver print, Mount: 378 x 480 mm. (14 7/8 x 18 7/8 in.)
Image/Sheet: 220 x 332 mm. (8 11/16 x 13 1/16 in.)
Portfolio/Series
From the photoessay 'Spanish Village,' in Life, week of April 9, 1951
Credit Line
Purchase with exchange funds from the Edward Joseph Gallagher III Memorial Collection; and partial gift of George H. Dalsheimer, Baltimore
Object Number
1988.544
Inscribed: Verso: on mount , at center, in graphite: "SV-4-A10 / 9[in box]"
Markings: Verso: on mount, at lower center, stamped in gray ink: "This authenticated photograph / by W. EUGENE SMITH / was in his private collection / at his death--october 15, 1978"
