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Detail of a poster warning against unexploded munitions, Baghdad

Detail of a poster warning against unexploded munitions, Baghdad
Detail of a poster warning against unexploded munitions, Baghdad
Detail of a poster warning against unexploded munitions, Baghdad
ArtistAmerican, born 1961
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Detail of a poster warning against unexploded munitions, Baghdad
  • from the series Night of a Thousand Stars
Date2006
Place depictedBaghdad, Iraq, Middle East, Asia
MediumInkjet print
DimensionsSheet: 13 × 19 in. (33 × 48.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Joy of Giving Something, Inc.
Object number2025.135.41
Non exposé

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Department
Photography
Object Type
ProvenanceJoy of Giving Something, Inc.; given to MFAH, 2025.
Published References Smith, Joel Preston. Night of a Thousand Stars & Other Portraits of Iraq. Tucson: Nazraeli Press, 2006.

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Inkjet print
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An Iraqi policeman, who says he was tortured by Hussein's forces, stops traffic after an attack against U.S. soldiers, Ar Ramadi
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An Iraqi policeman, who says he was tortured by Hussein's forces, stops traffic after an attack against U.S. soldiers, Ar
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2006
Inkjet print
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Boys at a feast commemmorating 2,900 Shia Muslims buried in a mass grave after a 1991 uprising against Hussein
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Boys at a feast commemmorating 2,900 Shia Muslims buried in a mass grave after a 1991 uprising against Hussein
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Inkjet print
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Lost Platoon and Mortars Platoon soldiers raid Sadaam Hospital after a bombing against U.S. troops, Ar Ramadi
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Inkjet print
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Inkjet print
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