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Josef Breitenbach
War Orphan1953

Not on view
Black and white photograph of a small, barefoot child curled tightly against a crumbling brick and concrete wall in a muddy alleyway

Josef Breitenbach, War Orphan, 1953, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Peter C. Jones, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Josef Breitenbach
Title
War Orphan
Place Made
United States
Date Made
1953
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
Image: 10 15/16 × 10 7/8 in. (27.78 × 27.62 cm) Primary support: 13 7/8 × 10 7/8 in. (35.24 × 27.62 cm) Mat: 21 7/8 × 17 7/8 in. (55.56 × 45.4 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Peter C. Jones
Accession Number
AC1999.234.1
Classification
Photographs
Collecting Area
Photography