Dying Cow Wanders in Burning Oil Fields

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 2017.249
People: Steve McCurry, American (Philadelphia, PA born 1950)
Title: Dying Cow Wanders in Burning Oil Fields
Classification: Photographs
Work Type: photograph
Date: 1991
Places: Creation Place: Middle East, Kuwait
Culture: American
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/359989

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Digital print on Epson Exhibition Fiber Paper

Dimensions

image: 38.7 × 57.2 cm (15 1/4 × 22 1/2 in.)
sheet: 50.8 × 61 cm (20 × 24 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

Signed: On verso, in black ink: Steve McCurry
label: On verso, l.l.: Exhibition use - Not for resale / (c) Steve McCurry / Nov 13 2017 / Returns refer to contract

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Steve McCurry, gift; to the Harvard Art Museums, 2017.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Steve McCurry
Copyright: © Steve McCurry
Accession Year: 2017
Object Number: 2017.249
Division: Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact: am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description: Dying Cow Wanders in Burning Oil Fields. Al-Ahmadi Oil Fields, Kuwait, 1991

Exhibition History

Devour the Land: War and American Landscape Photography since 1970, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 09/17/2021 - 01/16/2022

Verification Level

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2017.249: Dying Cow Wanders in Burning Oil Fields