George Strock
Dead GIs on Buna Beach, New Guinea

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Artist George Strock(American, 1911-1977)American, 1911-1977

CultureAmerican

Titles

Dead GIs on Buna Beach, New Guinea

Date1943

Place depictedBuna, Papua New Guinea

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsImage: 6 5/8 × 6 in. (16.8 × 15.2 cm)
Sheet: 8 1/2 × 6 5/8 in. (21.6 × 16.8 cm)
Frame (outer): 17 3/8 × 14 3/8 × 1 1/4 in. (44.2 × 36.6 × 3.2 cm)

Credit LineGift of Will Michels in honor of the Hirsch Library staff at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

Object number2009.1215

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Department

Photography

Special Collections

World War II in Photographs

Object Type

PHOTOGRAPHS

ProvenanceWill Michels, Houston; given to MFAH, 2009.
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

recto pencil and pen markings bottom and right margins

verso stamps and pasted paper typed information - see photocopy in accession file:
"WAR-2ND WORLD NEW GUINEA / U.S. ARMY CASUALITIES"

"NEW GUINEA-Three dead Americans lie on the beach at Buna / after the battle of Buna-G... "

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