Jeff Widener
Tank Man - Chinese man stands in front of tanks, Tiananmen Square, Beijing, China

Tank Man - Chinese man stands in front of tanks, Tiananmen Square, Beijing, China
Tank Man - Chinese man stands in front of tanks, Tiananmen Square, Beijing, China
Tank Man - Chinese man stands in front of tanks, Tiananmen Square, Beijing, China
ArtistAmerican, born 1956
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Tank Man - Chinese man stands in front of tanks, Tiananmen Square, Beijing, China
DateJune 5, 1989
Place depictedBeijing, China
MediumThermal transfer print
DimensionsImage: 9 × 11 in. (22.9 × 27.9 cm)
Sheet: 9 × 11 in. (22.9 × 27.9 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by F. Richard Pappas and David Heymann in honor of Anne Wilkes Tucker
Object number2015.449
Non exposé

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Department
Photography
Object Type
ProvenanceThe artist; [Howard Greenberg Gallery, New York]; purchased by MFAH, 2015.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Photographer's credit, date and title description on print recto.
Stamped on verso: Jun 9, 1989

Stamped on verso: China Communist Demonstrations


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