Baby in a Basket, Albert Schweitzer Series

© Estate of W. Eugene Smith

Baby in a Basket, Albert Schweitzer Series

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Baby in a Basket, Albert Schweitzer Series,

1954

W. Eugene Smith, 1918–1978; born Wichita, KS; died Tucson, AZ; active New York, NY and Tucson
2024-58

Information

Title
Baby in a Basket, Albert Schweitzer Series
Dates

1954

Maker
W. Eugene Smith
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
34.1 × 23.4 cm (13 7/16 × 9 3/16 in.) mount: 50.6 × 40.5 cm (19 15/16 × 15 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Douglas C. James, Class of 1962
Object Number
2024-58
Place Made

Africa, Gabon

Culture
African
Type
photographs, gelatin silver prints
Subject
hospitals, children (people by age group), medicine

Purchased by Douglas C. James at AIPAD from Shaeffer Gallery, Chester, CT
Gifted by Douglas C. James to the Princeton University Art Museum, 2024

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