Title from caption on object: “Eichmann's Death Sentence Appeal Rejected”

May 29, 1962

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Mary and Dan Solomon

  • Dimensions

    image: 17.4 × 23.3 cm (6 7/8 × 9 3/16 in.)
    sheet: 18.1 × 24.4 cm (7 1/8 × 9 5/8 in.)

  • Accession

    2018.177.437

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Mary and Dan Solomon, Monarch Beach, CA; gift to NGA, 2018.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

vertical along right edge printed in image: (NY9-May 29) EICHMANN’S DEATH SENTENCE APPEAL REJECTED--Adolf Eichmann [circled in blue ink] / is flanked by guards as he stands in his glass cage while Israel’s / Supreme Court judges enter the courtroom in Jerusalem today. The / court rejected Eichmann’s appeal from his death sentence. It / even called that penalty inadequate when compared to the enormity of / his crimes. (AP Wirephoto via radio from Jerusalem) (see AP Wire story) / [illegible] 1962; on verso, center right stamped in red ink inverted: MAY 30 1962

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