Operation Restore Hope
Peter Michael Gish, American, 1926 - 2024
1993
Watercolor on paper
Sight: 19 1/2 in. (49.5 cm)
Sight: 13 11/16 in. (34.8 cm)
Frame: 28 13/16 × 22 13/16 in. (73.2 × 57.9 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of the artist, Class of 1949, in commemoration of the V-12 50th Anniversary
W.993.63
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Watercolor
Research Area
Watercolor
Not on view
Inscriptions
Signed, in graphite, lower right: P. M. Gish '49 / Col USMCR RET / July 1993; inscribed, in graphite, lower left: Operation Restore Hope / Somalis waiting for / grain distribution IN / The French Sector near ODDUR 2/93
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