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Untitled (Lifeboat with survivors from burning USS Lexington, following battle at Coral Sea)
Artist
Edward J. Steichen
(American, born Luxembourg, 1879-1973)
DateMay 8, 1942
MediumGelatin silver print on ferrotyped paper
DimensionsImage: 27.3 × 34.4 cm (10 3/4 × 13 9/16 in.)
Sheet: 28.6 × 35.5 cm (11 1/4 × 14 in.)
Mount: 35.7 × 40.3 cm (14 1/16 × 15 7/8 in.)
Sheet: 28.6 × 35.5 cm (11 1/4 × 14 in.)
Mount: 35.7 × 40.3 cm (14 1/16 × 15 7/8 in.)
ClassificationsPhotograph
Credit LineGift of Thomas Maloney in memory of Robert Kriendler, Rutgers Class of 1936
Object number75.043.031
Collections
Exhibition History- A Witness to War: Edward Steichen's U.S. Navy Photography, 09/01/2005-01/29/2006, Zimmerli Art Museum, 1937 Gallery
- Water, 09/01/2010-01/11/2011, Zimmerli Art Museum, Voorhees Gallery
Exhibitions
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