Title from caption on object: “Patricia Hearst Said in a Stunning Tape-Recorded Broadcast...”
1974
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Artwork overview
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Medium
gelatin silver print
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
image: 21.5 × 15.9 cm (8 7/16 × 6 1/4 in.)
sheet: 25.2 × 19.6 cm (9 15/16 × 7 11/16 in.) -
Accession
2018.177.585
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Mary and Dan Solomon, Monarch Beach, CA; gift to NGA, 2018.
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Inscriptions
by unknown hand, top center printed in image: Tania 194A; vertical along right edge printed in image: SXP040310-4/3/74-SAN FRANCISCO: Patricia Hearst said in a stunning tape recorded / broadcast 4/3 that she had joined the Symbionese Liberation Army and had chosen to / remain with the terrorist band that kidnapped her 58 days ago. The tape recording and / this photo of Patricia was sent to a Berkeley radio station. A family lawyer, William / Coblenz, identified the picture as being Patricia and her mother said it was her / daughter's voice on the tape. (UPI) HEARST; on verso, upper left stamped in black ink perpendicular: FOR PERSONAL USE ONLY / NOT FOR PUBLICATION; center UPI copyright stamp in black ink perpendicular; across bottom printed in purple ink on applied paper inverted: NXP/SXP040310 New York Bureau / SAN FRANCISCO: The seven-headed cobra -- symbol of the / Symbionese Liberation Army -- is behind Patricia Hearst / as she models revolutionary getup and brandishes auto- / matic weapon in first known photo of her since she was / kidnapped February 4th. The photo came in the mail to / San Francisco radio station yesterday along with a tape, / which was broadcast. Recording of voice that her family / says is her says she has taken the name Tania and has / enlisted in the terrorist army. / CREDIT (UPI) 4/4/74