A black-and-white photograph of a young, White man standing with his hands behind his back as another White man ties them to a wood pole.

A Young Frenchman Convicted of Collaboration with the Germans Is Tied to a Stake in Grenoble, France. September, 1944

Carl Mydans (1907-2004)

Date

1944, printed 1985
Object Type

Photographs
Medium

Gelatin silver print
Dimensions

Image: 26 x 18 9/16 in.
Inscriptions

Print verso:
signed c.: Carl Mydans
inscribed: #15877/C-1 \ Execution unfaithful Youth \ on liberation of City from Germans \ Grenoble, France \ August 1944 \ P
stamped: PHOTO BY \ CARL MYDANS \ CM
Credit Line

Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas, Gift of the artist
Accession Number

P1985.27.94
Copyright

© Carl Mydans/LIFE Magazine, Time Inc.

Location: Off view

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