Title from caption on object: “Like a Little Soldier, John F. Kennedy Jr...”
November 25, 1963
Artist, American, 1935 - 2012
Publisher
Artwork overview
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Medium
gelatin silver print
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
image: 21.7 × 16.7 cm (8 9/16 × 6 9/16 in.)
sheet: 23.1 × 17.7 cm (9 1/8 × 6 15/16 in.) -
Accession
2018.177.509
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
(sale, RMY Auctions, Wilder, ID); Mary and Dan Solomon, Monarch Beach, CA; gift to NGA, 2018.
Associated Names
Inscriptions
vertical along right edge printed in image: WAP 112524 11/25/63 WASHINGTON: Like a little soldier, John F. Kennedy Jr., who celebrates / his 3rd birthday 11/25, salutes as the casket of his father, the late Pres. Kennedy, is / carried from St. Matthew’s Cathedral. UPI TELEPHOTO; on verso, by unknown hand, upper center and upper right in red crayon crossed out in graphite: 1 1/2 cols x 5" / x Poem John / 3d / Ed / Pg / 0~2; upper center in blue ink crossed out in red crayon: 2 col John / Tuesday PM / 6 1/2; center left stamped in red ink: PUBLISHED / MAY 24 1964 / BOSTON HERALD; center UPI copyright stamp in black ink inverted; by unknown hand, lower left in red crayon crossed out: 1 1/2; lower center in graphite crossed out in red crayon: 2 col John + / Kids- Sun Early; lower center in grease pencil: [arrow]; lower center in graphite: JOHN-JOHN IN MOST FAMOUS POSE; lower right in red crayon circled: Kennedy / S Rec; lower right stamped in black ink: AS CROPPED; by unknown hand, bottom left in graphite circled in red crayon: [illegible]; bottom right in graphite: 4 1/2" wide; bottom right in black ink: 6 3/16" Deep; bottom right in graphite circled and crossed out in graphite and red crayon: [illegible]