Artist
An-My Lê (American, born Vietnam, 1960)American, born Vietnam, 1960
CultureAmerican
Titles
- Target Practice, USS Peleliu
Date2005
MediumInkjet print
DimensionsImage: 40 × 56 1/2 in. (101.6 × 143.5 cm)
Frame (outer): 40 1/4 × 56 3/4 × 1 1/2 in. (102.2 × 144.1 × 3.8 cm)
Frame (outer): 40 1/4 × 56 3/4 × 1 1/2 in. (102.2 × 144.1 × 3.8 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the E. Rudge Allen, Jr. family in honor of Fayez Sarofim and Christopher Sarofim at "One Great Night in November, 2008"
Object number2008.522
Not on view
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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
No marks or inscriptions
Two printed labels on verso backboard:
"Murray Guy 453 West 17 Street New York / An-My Lê / Target Practice, USS Peleliu / 2005 Edition 1 of 5 / Archival pigmant print / 40 x 56 1/2 inches"
"MURRAY GUY 453 West 17 Street NY 10011 / An-My Lê / Target Practice, USS Peleliu / 2005 Edition 1 of 5 / Archival pigmant print / 40 x 56 1/2 inches"
"Murray Guy 453 West 17 Street New York / An-My Lê / Target Practice, USS Peleliu / 2005 Edition 1 of 5 / Archival pigmant print / 40 x 56 1/2 inches"
"MURRAY GUY 453 West 17 Street NY 10011 / An-My Lê / Target Practice, USS Peleliu / 2005 Edition 1 of 5 / Archival pigmant print / 40 x 56 1/2 inches"
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Designed 1929-1930, manufactured c. 1961–1966
Chrome-plated steel and leather
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designed 1929, manufactured 1930
Chromed steel and leather
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