Don McCullin
U.S. Airborne sweep through rain drenched forest at dusk trying to make contact with Vietcong

U.S. Airborne sweep through rain drenched forest at dusk trying to make contact with Vietcong

© Don McCullin

U.S. Airborne sweep through rain drenched forest at dusk trying to make contact with Vietcong
U.S. Airborne sweep through rain drenched forest at dusk trying to make contact with Vietcong
ArtistBritish, born 1935
CultureBritish
Titles
  • U.S. Airborne sweep through rain drenched forest at dusk trying to make contact with Vietcong
Date1968
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 13 × 8 3/4 in. (33 × 22.2 cm)
 Sheet: 15 × 11 15/16 in. (38.1 × 30.3 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by "One Great Night in November, 2007" in honor of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr., and by Marion Mundy
Object number2007.1425
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 center a pasted label inscribed " DONALD McCULLIN / MAGNUM "
a typed label with inscribed date " US AIRBORN[sic] SWEEP THROUGH RAIN DRENCHED / FOREST AT DUSK TO MAKE CONTACT WITH / VEITCONG[sic] , THE PLACE WAR ZONE D. / MAGNUM DISTRIBUTION / 1968(?) "

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