Sawada Kyoichi
A Vietnamese Mother and Her Children Escape Bombs from a U.S. Air Strike, South Vietnam
Artist
Sawada Kyoichi(Japanese, 1936-1970)Japanese, 1936-1970
CultureJapanese
Titles
- A Vietnamese Mother and Her Children Escape Bombs from a U.S. Air Strike, South Vietnam
Date1965, printed 1972
PlaceQui Nhon, South Vietnam
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 7 1/2 × 9 1/2 in. (19.1 × 24.1 cm)
Sheet: 7 5/8 × 10 in. (19.4 × 25.4 cm)
Frame (outer): 16 3/8 × 20 3/8 × 1 1/4 in. (41.7 × 51.8 × 3.2 cm)
Sheet: 7 5/8 × 10 in. (19.4 × 25.4 cm)
Frame (outer): 16 3/8 × 20 3/8 × 1 1/4 in. (41.7 × 51.8 × 3.2 cm)
Credit LineGift of Clinton T. Willour in honor of Will Michels
Object number2009.488
Non exposé
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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
Timer dial numbered "1-24" stamped on verso with "TMS / OCT 19 1972>" in the center.
Stamped in verso in rectangle: "PLEASE CREDIT / United Press International Photo / ... "
Stamped on verso: FOR PERSONAL USE ONLY / NOT FOR PUBLICATION"
Typed caption on a paper label adhered to the top of the photo: "SPECIAL FOR THE WASHINGTON POST ... FOR BILL SNEAD / NXP/SGP1486251 (FILE) -10/19/72-QUI NHON, SOUTH VIETNAM: A South Vietnamese / mother and her childres wade across river to escape bombs falling from U.S. / aircraft during air strike on their village near here in September of 1965. / The planes were called in to knock out Viet Cong snipers who were firing on / U.S. Marines from the village. UPI PHOTO BY KYOICHI SAWADA. "
Stamped in verso in rectangle: "PLEASE CREDIT / United Press International Photo / ... "
Stamped on verso: FOR PERSONAL USE ONLY / NOT FOR PUBLICATION"
Typed caption on a paper label adhered to the top of the photo: "SPECIAL FOR THE WASHINGTON POST ... FOR BILL SNEAD / NXP/SGP1486251 (FILE) -10/19/72-QUI NHON, SOUTH VIETNAM: A South Vietnamese / mother and her childres wade across river to escape bombs falling from U.S. / aircraft during air strike on their village near here in September of 1965. / The planes were called in to knock out Viet Cong snipers who were firing on / U.S. Marines from the village. UPI PHOTO BY KYOICHI SAWADA. "
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