Max Desfor
Korean War Refugees Flee

Korean War Refugees Flee
Korean War Refugees Flee
Korean War Refugees Flee
ArtistAmerican, 1914–2018
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Korean War Refugees Flee
DateDecember 4, 1950
Place depictedPyongyang, North Korea
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 8 × 6 9/16 in. (20.3 × 16.6 cm)
 Sheet: 8 × 6 9/16 in. (20.3 × 16.6 cm)
 Frame (outer): 17 3/8 × 14 3/8 × 1 1/4 in. (44.2 × 36.6 × 3.2 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alan Lloyd Paris
Object number2013.645
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ProvenanceAlan Lloyd Paris, Sleepy Hollow, New York; given to MFAH, 2013.
Exhibition History"WAR/PHOTOGRAPHY: Images of Armed Conflict and Its Aftermath," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 11 November, 2012 - 3 February, 2013.

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