Christopher Anderson
A US Soldier of the Third Infantry Division is baptized in the desert by an army chaplain just days before the beginning of the war, Kuwait

A US Soldier of the Third Infantry Division is baptized in the desert by an army chaplain just days before the beginning of the war, Kuwait

© Christopher Anderson/Magnum Photos

A US Soldier of the Third Infantry Division is baptized in the desert by an army chaplain just days before the beginning of the war, Kuwait
A US Soldier of the Third Infantry Division is baptized in the desert by an army chaplain just days before the beginning of the war, Kuwait
ArtistCanadian, born 1970
CultureCanadian
Titles
  • A US Soldier of the Third Infantry Division is baptized in the desert by an army chaplain just days before the beginning of the war, Kuwait
DateMarch 2003
MediumChromogenic print
DimensionsImage: 11 15/16 × 18 in. (30.4 × 45.7 cm)
 Sheet: 16 × 19 15/16 in. (40.6 × 50.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Charles Dee Mitchell
Object number2019.341
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Object Type
Provenance[Hasted Hunt Gallery, New York]; purchased by Charles Dee Mitchell, Dallas, May 31, 2006; given to MFAH, 2019.

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