Chim (David Seymour)
American, born Poland, 1911–1956
A child from the Sudeten region of Czechoslovakia plays with a homemade doll. Her family, temporarily housed in the ruins of a military barracks, were among thousands of displaced persons in the region, Vienna, Austria
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Chim (David Seymour)
American, born Poland, 1911–19561948
A child from the Sudeten region of Czechoslovakia plays with a homemade doll. Her family, temporarily housed in the ruins of a military barracks, were among thousands of displaced persons in the region, Vienna, Austria
Chim (David Seymour) American, born Poland, 1911–1956 →gelatin silver (developing-out-paper) prphotographic process
Date
1948
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
Image/paper: 34.5 × 27 cm (13 5/8 × 10 11/16 in.); Mount: 45.7 × 35.6 cm (18 × 14 1/16 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
Peabody Fund
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