Nicole Tung
War on Civilians

War on Civilians
War on Civilians
War on Civilians
ArtistAmerican, born 1986
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • War on Civilians
  • from the series War in Syria
  • Men carry the body of Hatem Qureya, 15, after he was trapped under rubble following an airstrike in the neighborhood of Bustan al Qasr in Aleppo, Syria, on Monday, August 6, 2012 which claimed at least eight lives including five children from the same family. Hatem later died en route to the field hospital.
DateAugust 6, 2012, printed October 2013
Place depictedAleppo, Syria
MediumInkjet print
DimensionsImage: 11 1/2 × 17 1/4 in. (29.2 × 43.8 cm)
Sheet: 13 × 19 in. (33 × 48.3 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the S. I. Morris Photography Endowment
Object number2014.207
Non exposé

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Department
Photography
Object Type
ProvenanceThe artist, Long Island City, NY, 2013; The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX, 2014
Exhibition History“Photo Forum 2013,” The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, October 12, 2013–January 5, 2014.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscribed in pencil on verso lower left: "War On Civilians" // Bustan (?) Al Qaso / Syria, 2012 / 1/5
signed in pencil on verso lower right: Nicole Tung

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