Don McCullin
Christian militia mock the body of a young Palestinian girl killed in the battle of Karantina, Beirut

Christian militia mock the body of a young Palestinian girl killed in the battle of Karantina, Beirut

© Don McCullin

Christian militia mock the body of a young Palestinian girl killed in the battle of Karantina, Beirut
Christian militia mock the body of a young Palestinian girl killed in the battle of Karantina, Beirut
ArtistBritish, born 1935
CultureBritish
Titles
  • Christian militia mock the body of a young Palestinian girl killed in the battle of Karantina, Beirut
Date1976
PlaceBeirut, Lebanon
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 5 13/16 × 8 1/2 in. (14.8 × 21.6 cm)
Sheet: 7 × 9 3/8 in. (17.8 × 23.8 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by "One Great Night in November, 2007" in honor of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr., and by Marion Mundy
Object number2007.1386
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
ProvenanceMarilyn Bridges, Warwick, New York; purchased by MFAH, 2007.
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
verso center in ink " 1976- Beyrouth- Le cadaure d'una Palestinienne "
bottom edge in ink " Magnum Expo ' Terre de Guerre ' p 51 "
verso bottom right corner a stamp " © D.McCullin-Magnum "
upper right a stamp" " TIRAGE ARCHIVE MAGNUM PHOTOS / 5, PASSAGE PIVER 75001 PARIS / EPREUVE A RENDRE / MAGNUM PARIS LIBRARY / PRINT TO BE RETURNED "
bottom left corner a circular blue sticker

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