Don McCullin
A joking Christian killed this cat and nailed parts of it to this telephone pole

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Artist Don McCullin (British, born 1935)British, born 1935

CultureBritish

Titles

A joking Christian killed this cat and nailed parts of it to this telephone pole

Date1976

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsImage: 9 7/16 × 6 3/8 in. (24 × 16.2 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 number2007.1333

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Department

Photography

Object Type

PHOTOGRAPHS

ProvenanceMarilyn Bridges, Warwick, New York; purchased by MFAH, 2007.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

verso top left corner in red " MO.12.1.A "
bottom left reading vertically in purple " Liban' 76 "
bottom right corner in pencil " 1350 "

verso bottom left corner a red circular sticker
upper center a stamp " TIRAGE ARCHIVES / MAGNUM PHOTOS / ÉPREUVE A RENDRE "
center typed " D111/76: Civil War in Beirut-Winter 1976 / CT-6 A joking Christian killed this cat and nailed parts of it to a telephone pole. / © Donald McCullin/Magnum Distribution "

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