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A journalist climbs out of the hole where toppled dictator Saddam Hussein was captured in Ad Dawr. Iraq's defeated leader raised his arms out of his 'rat hole' and said he was Saddam Hussein and that he wanted to negotiate. Iraq.

Image non disponible pour A journalist climbs out of the hole where toppled dictator Saddam Hussein was captured in Ad Dawr. Iraq's defeated leader raised his arms out of his 'rat hole' and said he was Saddam Hussein and that he wanted to negotiate. Iraq.

© Yuri Kozyrev / NOOR

A journalist climbs out of the hole where toppled dictator Saddam Hussein was captured in Ad Dawr. Iraq's defeated leader raised his arms out of his 'rat hole' and said he was Saddam Hussein and that he wanted to negotiate. Iraq.
Image non disponible pour A journalist climbs out of the hole where toppled dictator Saddam Hussein was captured in Ad Dawr. Iraq's defeated leader raised his arms out of his 'rat hole' and said he was Saddam Hussein and that he wanted to negotiate. Iraq.
ArtistRussian, born 1963
Printer
CultureRussian
Titles
  • A journalist climbs out of the hole where toppled dictator Saddam Hussein was captured in Ad Dawr. Iraq's defeated leader raised his arms out of his 'rat hole' and said he was Saddam Hussein and that he wanted to negotiate. Iraq.
DateDecember 15, 2003, printed 2012
Place depictedAd-Dawr, Iraq
MediumInkjet print
DimensionsImage: 13 5/16 × 20 in. (33.8 × 50.8 cm)
 Sheet: 17 5/16 × 24 in. (43.9 × 61 cm)
 Frame (outer): 22 5/8 × 28 5/8 × 1 3/4 in. (57.4 × 72.6 × 4.4 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Martyn E. Goossen at "One Great Night in November, 2012," in honor of the veterans who work for JPMorgan Chase & Co.
Object number2013.14
Non exposé

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Department
Photography
Object Type
ProvenanceArtist, Moscow, Russia, 2012; The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas, 2012

*Photographer sent digital file to the MFAH, the Museum made a print.
Exhibition History"WAR/PHOTOGRAPHY: Images of Armed Conflict and Its Aftermath," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 11 November, 2012 - 3 February, 2013.
Published References Tucker, Anne Wilkes et al. WAR/PHOTOGRAPHY: Images of Armed Conflict and Its Aftermath. Houston, TX: The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2012

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