Eddie Adams
Police Commander Nguyen Ngoc Loan killing Viet Cong operative Nguyen Van Lem

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Artist Eddie Adams (American, 1933–2004)American, 1933–2004

CultureAmerican

Titles

Police Commander Nguyen Ngoc Loan killing Viet Cong operative Nguyen Van Lem

DateFebruary 1, 1968, printed 2002

Place formerly known asSaigon (Ho Chi Minh), Vietnam

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsImage: 13 13/16 × 18 5/16 in. (35.1 × 46.5 cm)
Sheet: 16 × 19 15/16 in. (40.6 × 50.7 cm)

Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Director's Accessions Endowment

Object number2005.3

Not on view

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Department

Photography

Object Type

PHOTOGRAPHS

Provenance[Fahey/Klein Gallery, Inc., Los Angeles]; purchased by MFAH, 2005.
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

Marked in ink, lower left below image: "14/125"

Marked in pencil on verso lower left: "CEAD-PI-009"

Embossed stamp, lower right below image: "AP (inside a circle surrounded by) PULITZER PRIZE COLLECTION"

Stamped on verso lower left reading vertically "IMAGES COPYRIGHT 2002 / ASSOCIATED PRESS / ALL RIGHTS RESERVED, THIS MATERIAL MAY NOT BE PUBLISHED"

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