A Woman Mourns Over the Body of her Husband After Identifying him by his Teeth, and Covering his Head with her Conical Hat. The Man’s Body was Found with Forty-Seven Others in a Mass Grave Near Hue, April 11, 1969

Horst Faas, German, 1933 - 2012

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negative April 11, 1969; print 2013

Gelatin silver print

3/15

Image: 14 × 18 in. (35.6 × 45.7 cm)

Sheet: 16 × 20 in. (40.6 × 50.8 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through the Mrs Harvey P. Hood W'18 Fund and the Miriam H. and S. Sidney Stoneman Acquisition Fund

2014.10.8

Publisher

Associated Press (AP)

Geography

Place Made: United States, North America

Period

20th century

Object Name

Photograph

Research Area

Photograph

Not on view

Inscriptions

Stamped, on reverse, lower left, in black ink, with edition numbers added in graphite: AP[underlined] ASSOCIATED PRESS / Edition # 3[underlined] of 15 [underlined]

Course History

SART 17.9, The Photographer as Activist: Making Art Inspired by the Hood Museum's Collection , Virginia Beahan, Winter 2015

Exhibition History

Vietnam: The Real War: A Photographic History from the Associated Press, Steven Kasher Gallery, New York, October 24-November 30, 2013.

Publication History

Pete Hamil, Vietnam: The Real War: A Photographic History by the Associated Press, New York: Harry N. Abrams, 2013, ill. p. 234.

Published References

Vietnam: The Real War: A Photographic History by the Associated Press (Abrams, 2013), ill. p. 234.

Provenance

Steven Kasher Gallery, New York, New York; sold to present collection, 2014.

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