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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2021.561
People
Henri Huet, French (Dalat, Vietnam 1927 - 1971 Savannakhet province, Laos)
Title
Use Taxi For Protection: with bullet shells littering the ground, South Vietnamese military police crouch behind a bullet-scarred taxi while exchanging fire with Viet Cong infiltrators in Cholon, the Chinese sector of Saigon
Classification
Photographs
Work Type
photograph
Date
1968
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/374261

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Vintage Associated Press wirephoto with applied pigment
Technique
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
17.5 × 21.6 cm (6 7/8 × 8 1/2 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Doug and Joan Hansen, gift; to the Harvard Art Museums, 2021.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Doug and Joan Hansen
Accession Year
2021
Object Number
2021.561
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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