Larry Burrows
Reaching Out (Operation Prairie, Mutter Ridge, Nui Cay Tri), Vietnam

Reaching Out  (Operation Prairie, Mutter Ridge, Nui Cay Tri), Vietnam

© Time Life Pictures/Getty Images

Reaching Out (Operation Prairie, Mutter Ridge, Nui Cay Tri), Vietnam
Reaching Out  (Operation Prairie, Mutter Ridge, Nui Cay Tri), Vietnam
ArtistBritish, 1926–1971
CultureBritish
Titles
  • Reaching Out (Operation Prairie, Mutter Ridge, Nui Cay Tri), Vietnam
DateOctober 5, 1966, printed c. 1997
PlaceSouth Vietnam
MediumDye imbibition print
DimensionsImage: 18 × 27 7/16 in. (45.7 × 69.7 cm)
Sheet: 20 5/8 × 29 7/8 in. (52.4 × 75.9 cm)
Frame (outer): 26 7/8 × 36 7/8 × 1 3/4 in. (68.3 × 93.7 × 4.4 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by David and Stephanie Mundy in memory of Joe Mundy, who served in the U.S. Armed Forces in Vietnam
Object number2005.435
Non exposé

Explore Further

Department
Photography
Object Type
Provenance[Laurence Miller Gallery, New York]; purchased by MFAH, 2005.
Exhibition History"WAR/PHOTOGRAPHY: Images of Armed Conflict and Its Aftermath," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 11 November, 2012 - 3 February, 2013.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Marked in pencil on verso right center: " "Reaching Out" / South Vietnam 1966"
Stamped on verso, right center: "Dye-transfer print / made for / The Larry Burrows Collection / © Photography by LARRY BURROWS / This photograph may not be used, copied, or reproduced in any form without the written / consent of the copyright holder. / © (in pencil) LARRY BURROWS COLLECTION / MP1672 -...?(in pencil) / © Photography by LARRY BURROWS / This photograph may not be used, copied, or reproduced in any form without express consent "

Cataloguing data may change with further research.

If you have questions about this work of art or the MFAH Online Collection please contact us.

Wounded G. I. near the DMZ
Larry Burrows
1966
Dye imbibition print
85.446
U. S. Advisors, Mekong Delta
Larry Burrows
1962
Dye imbibition print
91.459
Farley Carries two M-60s to his helicopter, Vietnam
Larry Burrows
March 31, 1965
Gelatin silver print
2020.252
The mission over, Farley gives way, Vietnam
Larry Burrows
March 31, 1965
Gelatin silver print
2020.256
from the photo essay Yankee Papa 13
Larry Burrows
March 31, 1965
Gelatin silver print
2020.254
from the photo essay Yankee Papa 13
Larry Burrows
March 31, 1965
Gelatin silver print
2020.258
Day Dress
Stephen Burrows
1970
Wool knit and leather
98.495
Day Dress
Stephen Burrows
1970
Wool knit
98.496