Louie Palu
Bled Out

Bled Out

© photographer Louie Palu

Bled Out
Bled Out
ArtistCanadian, born 1968
CultureCanadian
Titles
  • Bled Out
  • Black Box from Kandahar
  • The legs of a Canadian soldier who bled out from multiple shrapnel wounds from an improvised explosive device (IED). Panjwa’i District, Kandahar, Afghanistan. 2010
Date2013
Place depictedKandahar, Afghanistan
MediumInkjet print
DimensionsImage: 5 3/4 × 8 5/8 in. (14.6 × 21.9 cm)
Sheet: 8 1/2 × 11 in. (21.6 × 27.9 cm)
Credit LineGift of the artist
Object number2013.583.9
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
ProvenanceThe artist, Toronto; given to MFAH, 2013.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
verso bottom left to right in ink: 9[circled] / Bled Out / The legs of a Canadian soldier who bled out from multiple shrapnel wounds from an improvised / explosive device (IED) Panjwa'i District, Kandahar, Afghanistan. 2010
verso bottom right in ink: Louie Palu ©

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