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

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

© Don McCullin

A joking Christian killed this cat and nailed parts of it to this telephone pole
A joking Christian killed this cat and nailed parts of it to this telephone pole
ArtistBritish, 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
Not on view

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Photography
Object Type
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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