Ashley Gilbertson
Army PFC Karina Lau, 20, died when her helicopter was shot down by insurgents on November 2, 2003, in Fallujah, Iraq

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Artist Ashley GilbertsonAustralian, born 1978

CultureAustralian

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Army PFC Karina Lau, 20, died when her helicopter was shot down by insurgents on November 2, 2003, in Fallujah, Iraq
from the series Bedrooms of the Fallen

DateDecember 10, 2009, printed 2011

Place depictedLivingston, California, United States

MediumInkjet print

DimensionsImage: 25 1/4 × 67 1/4 in. (64.1 × 170.8 cm)
Sheet: 30 3/16 × 72 1/4 in. (76.7 × 183.5 cm)
Frame (outer): 31 3/8 × 72 7/8 × 2 1/2 in. (79.8 × 185.2 × 6.4 cm)

Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by an anonymous donor in honor of Marshall Eugene Harrison at "One Great Night in November, 2011"

Object number2012.4

Not on view

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Department

Photography

Object Type

PHOTOGRAPHS

ProvenanceThe artist, New York; purchased by MFAH, 2012.
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

Inscribed on sheet verso, lower right in black and blue inks: PFC. KARINA S. LAU, 20, DIED / WHEN THE HELICOPTER SHE WAS IN / CRASHED ON NOV. 2, 2003 IN FAL- / LUJAH, IRAQ. SHE WAS FROM LIVINGSTON, CALIFORNIA. / ------------ / BEDROOMS OF THE FALLEN / ASHLEY GILBERTSON 2009 / PRINTED IN N.Y.C. ON DYXLAB, 2011.

Signed and dated on sheet verso, lower right in black and blue inks: ASHLEY GILBERTSON 2009

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