James Nachtwey
Truck hijacked by Catholic demonstrators during the hunger strike of Bobby Sands, Northern Ireland

Truck hijacked by Catholic demonstrators during the hunger strike of Bobby Sands, Northern Ireland

© James Nachtwey, courtesy Fahey/Klein Gallery, Los Angeles

Truck hijacked by Catholic demonstrators during the hunger strike of Bobby Sands, Northern Ireland
Truck hijacked by Catholic demonstrators during the hunger strike of Bobby Sands, Northern Ireland
ArtistAmerican, born 1948
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Truck hijacked by Catholic demonstrators during the hunger strike of Bobby Sands, Northern Ireland
Date1981
PlaceNorthern Ireland
MediumSilver dye bleach print
DimensionsImage: 12 11/16 × 19 in. (32.2 × 48.2 cm)
 Sheet: 15 7/8 × 19 7/8 in. (40.4 × 50.5 cm)
 Frame (outer): 20 5/8 × 26 5/8 × 1 3/4 in. (52.3 × 67.6 × 4.4 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Joan Morgenstern, The Manfred Heiting Collection
Object number2002.1703
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Special Collections
Object Type
Provenance[Manfred Heiting, Malibu, California]; purchased by MFAH, 2002.
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
There are no evident marks or inscriptions.
In ink, verso, center of sheet: "James Nachtwey"

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