Don McCullin
A mother flees the Quarantina district with her children, but not her husband

A mother flees the Quarantina district with her children, but not her husband

© Don McCullin

A mother flees the Quarantina district with her children, but not her husband
A mother flees the Quarantina district with her children, but not her husband
ArtistBritish, born 1935
CultureBritish
Titles
  • A mother flees the Quarantina district with her children, but not her husband
Date1976
PlaceEast Beirut, Lebanon
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 9 7/16 × 6 7/16 in. (24 × 16.4 cm)
Sheet: 9 15/16 × 7 15/16 in. (25.2 × 20.2 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by "One Great Night in November, 2007" in honor of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr., and by Marion Mundy
Object number2007.1329
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
ProvenanceMarilyn Bridges, Warwick, New York; purchased by MFAH, 2007.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
verso top right in red reading vertically " MO. 12. 1. A "
bottom right in red " 47/30 "top left in purple " Liban ' 76 "
lower right in pencil " 20/1/76 "
verso top right corner a printed label for Magnum Photos with bar code
upper left reading vertically a stamp " TIRAGE ARCHIVE MAGNUM PHOTOS / 20, rue des Grandes Augustins, 75006 PARIS / EPREUVE à RENDRE / No / MAGNUM PARIS LIBRARY / PRINT TO BE RETURNED "
typed lower center " D111/76: CIVIL WAR IN BEIRUT- Winter 1976 / CT-5 A mother flees the Quarantina district with her children but without her husband..... / © Donald McCullin / Magnum Distribution "
top left corner a circular red sticker

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