W. Eugene Smith (1918-1978)
Nun Waiting for Survivors of the Andrea Doria Sinking, 1956

Silver gelatin print, printed c.1985, image size 14.5 x 21.5cm, sheet size 17.8 x 24cm, caption, including Magnum distribution credit, typed directly onto print verso, with additional copyright credit reproduction limitation stamps, and Japanese agency label affixed verso. As per the caption, this print was most likely used to publicise the 1985 publication of "W. Eugene Smith: Let Truth Be the Prejudice". The lengthy caption, which includes a short biography about Smith, notes distribution from the Magnum offices in Paris, with the addendum "NOT FOR PUBLICATION IN THE UNITED STATES".

"A nun who was part of the relief committee waiting for the arrival of survivors in NY from the sinking of the Italian liner Andrea Doria that collided with another ship and sank / 1956."