Peter van Agtmael
Police take back control of the Capitol. Following an inflammatory speech by President Trump, protestors objecting to the certification of Joe Biden by Congress storm the Capitol. They were briefly blocked by police before gaining entry, and wreaked havoc before being expelled with few arrests. One protestor was shot and killed. Washington, D.C.

Police take back control of the Capitol. Following an inflammatory speech by President Trump, protestors objecting to the certification of Joe Biden by Congress storm the Capitol. They were briefly blocked by police before gaining entry, and wreaked havoc before being expelled with few arrests. One protestor was shot and killed. Washington, D.C.

© Peter van Agtmael / Magnum Photos

Police take back control of the Capitol. Following an inflammatory speech by President Trump, protestors objecting to the certification of Joe Biden by Congress storm the Capitol. They were briefly blocked by police before gaining entry, and wreaked havoc before being expelled with few arrests. One protestor was shot and killed. Washington, D.C.
Police take back control of the Capitol. Following an inflammatory speech by President Trump, protestors objecting to the certification of Joe Biden by Congress storm the Capitol. They were briefly blocked by police before gaining entry, and wreaked havoc before being expelled with few arrests. One protestor was shot and killed. Washington, D.C.
ArtistAmerican, born 1981
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Police take back control of the Capitol. Following an inflammatory speech by President Trump, protestors objecting to the certification of Joe Biden by Congress storm the Capitol. They were briefly blocked by police before gaining entry, and wreaked havoc before being expelled with few arrests. One protestor was shot and killed. Washington, D.C.
DateJanuary 6, 2021
Place depictedWashington, District of Columbia, United States
MediumInkjet print
DimensionsImage (At open): 17 5/8 × 23 5/8 in. (44.8 × 60 cm)
 Frame: 25 1/2 × 31 1/16 × 1 1/16 in. (64.7 × 78.9 × 2.7 cm)
Credit LineGift of Charles Dee Mitchell
Object number2023.705
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ProvenanceCharles Dee Mitchell, Dallas; given to MFAH, 2023.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Printed in black on applied label, frame verso, center: PDNB GALLERY // ARTIST: Agtmael, Peter van // TITLE: USA. Washington, DC January 6, 2021. Police take // back control of the Capitol // // DATE: 2021 // PRINT: Archival inkjet // ACC. 13636XX // 150 Manufacturing St., Ste. 203, Dallas TX 75207 | [gallery phone]

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Following an inflammatory speech by President Trump, protestors objecting to the certification of Joe Biden by Congress storm the Capitol. They were briefly blocked by police before gaining entry, and wreaked havoc before being expelled with few arrests. One protestor was shot and killed.
Peter van Agtmael
Following an inflammatory speech by President Trump, protestors objecting to the certification of Joe Biden by Congress storm the Capitol. They were briefly blocked by police before gaining entry, and wreaked havoc before being expelled with few arrests. One protestor was shot and killed.
January 6, 2021
Inkjet print
2023.704
Memorial to Killed Protestors
Paul Goldsmith
Memorial to Killed Protestors
1968
Inkjet print
2010.1478
Donald Trump’s inauguration cake is wheeled out to be cut by a sword by President Trump and Vice President Pence. It later caused a stir when it was revealed to be a carbon copy of the cake used for President Obama’s second inauguration.
Peter van Agtmael
Donald Trump’s inauguration cake is wheeled out to be cut by a sword by President Trump and Vice President Pence. It later caused a stir when it was revealed to be a carbon copy of the cake used for President Obama’s second inauguration.
2017
Inkjet print
2023.703
Manifestantes (Protestors)
José Luis Cuevas
Manifestantes (Protestors)
May 17, 1968
Pen and ink on wove paper
2021.607
The window of Black Panther Party National Headquarters at Grove and Forty-fifth Streets in Oakland after shots were fired by police following Huey Newton’s murder trial verdict, Oakland, California
Stephen Shames
The window of Black Panther Party National Headquarters at Grove and Forty-fifth Streets in Oakland after shots were fired by police following Huey Newton’s murder trial verdict, Oakland, California
September 29, 1968, printed 2016
Gelatin silver print
2022.472
The list of the FRANKLIN affords an unusually clear vision of the extent of the havoc on the flight deck. Tongues of flames run along the wooden surface as crewmen converge on the endangered area with firehose. Despite the appalling shock of the explosion, the undamaged guns went into action when the japanese loosed a follow-up aerial attack, and succeeded in driving the few away without sustaining further hits.
Al Bullock
The list of the FRANKLIN affords an unusually clear vision of the extent of the havoc on the flight deck. Tongues of flames run along the wooden surface as crewmen converge on the endangered area with firehose. Despite the appalling shock of the explosion, the undamaged guns went into action when the japanese loosed a follow-up aerial attack, and succeeded in driving the few away without sustaining further hits.
March 19, 1945
Gelatin silver print
2022.641.15
Protestor, Cuban missile crisis, Whitehall, London
Don McCullin
Protestor, Cuban missile crisis, Whitehall, London
1963
Gelatin silver print
2007.1450
Atlanta, Georgia, Winter 1963-64, Arrests During Mass Demonstrations Downtown
Danny Lyon
Atlanta, Georgia, Winter 1963-64, Arrests During Mass Demonstrations Downtown
1963–1964, printed 1996
Gelatin silver print
2001.709
Selma, Alabama, 1963, Sheriff Jim Clark Arrests Two Young Men Demonstrating for Voter Registration on the Steps of the Federal Building
Danny Lyon
Selma, Alabama, 1963, Sheriff Jim Clark Arrests Two Young Men Demonstrating for Voter Registration on the Steps of the Federal Building
1963, printed 1996
Gelatin silver print
2001.705
Image Not Available for [Anthony Mariscal with his wife Tricha and children Andrew and Alyse spend the last few moments together before Anthony is deployed to Iraq.]
Anthony Suau
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March 12, 2007
Gelatin silver print
2012.196
cropped recto of mount
Benedict J. Fernandez
Dr. King before his speech at the United Nations
April 15, 1967, printed 1989
Gelatin silver print
90.352.11
Unidentified bodies lie on a street in Jabalya, the largest refugee camp in the Gaza Strip. Israeli tanks spearheaded a major raid on the camp in the night of March 5, after a suicide bomber had killed 15 people on a bus in Haifa, Israel the day before.
Ahmed Jadallah
Unidentified bodies lie on a street in Jabalya, the largest refugee camp in the Gaza Strip. Israeli tanks spearheaded a major raid on the camp in the night of March 5, after a suicide bomber had killed 15 people on a bus in Haifa, Israel the day before.
March 6, 2003, printed 2012
Inkjet print
2015.109