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Tank Man - Chinese man stands in front of tanks, Tiananmen Square, Beijing, China

Tank Man - Chinese man stands in front of tanks, Tiananmen Square, Beijing, China
Tank Man - Chinese man stands in front of tanks, Tiananmen Square, Beijing, China
Tank Man - Chinese man stands in front of tanks, Tiananmen Square, Beijing, China
ArtistAmerican, born 1956
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Tank Man - Chinese man stands in front of tanks, Tiananmen Square, Beijing, China
DateJune 5, 1989
Place depictedBeijing, China
MediumThermal transfer print
DimensionsImage: 9 × 11 in. (22.9 × 27.9 cm)
 Sheet: 9 × 11 in. (22.9 × 27.9 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by F. Richard Pappas and David Heymann in honor of Anne Wilkes Tucker
Object number2015.449
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Department
Photography
Object Type
ProvenanceThe artist; [Howard Greenberg Gallery, New York]; purchased by MFAH, 2015.
Published References This photograph is one of the most widely reproduced news images of an iconic historical event. Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Photographer's credit, date and title description on print recto.
Stamped on verso: Jun 9, 1989

Stamped on verso: China Communist Demonstrations


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