Commission Exhibit #399

1963

American 20th Century

Associated Names
American 20th Century

Artist

This is a black-and-white photograph of a bullet. The image shows a single bullet against a plain background, tilted diagonally, with the rounded end pointed towards the upper right corner and the flat end pointed to the bottom left corner. The bullet has engraved or grooved lines on its casing and reflects the light. A black label on the bottom left corner reads "C1 COMMISSION EXHIBIT #399". The background is light gray.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Pepita Milmore Memorial Fund

  • Dimensions

    image: 19 × 24 cm (7 1/2 × 9 7/16 in.)
    sheet: 20.3 × 35.3 cm (8 × 13 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.208.12

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Jo Tartt, Jr., Warrenton, VA; NGA purchase, 2015.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

by unknown hand, lower left in negative: C1 / COMMMISSION EXHIBIT / #399; on verso, upper left stamped in black ink: OTHER; upper center printed in black ink on applied barcode label: ABN-753-BS; upper right printed in black ink on applied label perpendicular: KENNEDY JOHN F / ASSASSINATION; upper right stamped in red ink on applied label perpendicular: DEC 8 1963; center printed in black ink on applied paper: Bullet that was carried to Parkland Hospital on the stretcher / that carried John Connally. The bullet presumably hit both / Kennedy and Connally. National Archives.; by unknown hand, center right in graphite perpendicular: -EV

Wikidata ID

Q64144782

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