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

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

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Police Commander Nguyen Ngoc Loan killing Viet Cong operative Nguyen Van Lem
Police Commander Nguyen Ngoc Loan killing Viet Cong operative Nguyen Van Lem
ArtistAmerican, 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
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verso lower left reading vertically "IMAGES COPYRIGHT 2002 / ASSOCIATED PRESS / ALL RIGHTS RESERVED, THIS MATERIAL MAY NOT BE PUBLISHED"

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