Don McCullin
Palestinians, now reduced to women and children only, flee the burning buildings of the slums of Quarantina

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Artist Don McCullin British, born 1935

CultureBritish

Titles

Palestinians, now reduced to women and children only, flee the burning buildings of the slums of Quarantina

Date1976

PlaceEast Beirut, Lebanon

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsImage: 6 3/8 × 9 7/16 in. (16.2 × 24 cm)
Sheet: 7 15/16 × 9 15/16 in. (20.2 × 25.2 cm)

Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by "One Great Night in November, 2007" in honor of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr., and by Marion Mundy

Object number2007.1346

Not on view

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Photography

Object Type

PHOTOGRAPHS

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

verso top left corner in purple " Liban ' 76 ", black ink " MO.12.1.A "
bottom right corner in pencil " 1450 "
upper right in ink " janvier 76[circled] "

verso top left circular red sticker
center typed " D111/76: CIVIL WAR IN BEIRUT-Winter 1976 / CT-7 Palestinians, now reduced to women and children only flee the burning buildings of the slums of Quarantina. / © Donald McCullin/Magnum Distribution "

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