This resort beach has been the home for 518 Vietnamese refugees since their boat landed on May 28th, 1979. Hygienic facilities are rare and the Malaysian government has provided rice but now threatens to repair the boats and send the refugees out to sea and an uncertain destiny

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 2021.565
People: Kraipit Phanvut, Thai
Title: This resort beach has been the home for 518 Vietnamese refugees since their boat landed on May 28th, 1979. Hygienic facilities are rare and the Malaysian government has provided rice but now threatens to repair the boats and send the refugees out to sea and an uncertain destiny
Classification: Photographs
Work Type: photograph
Date: 1979
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/374277

Physical Descriptions

Medium: Vintage gelatin silver print, resin-coated
Technique: Gelatin silver print
Dimensions: 17.8 × 26.4 cm (7 × 10 3/8 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: 2021.565
Division: Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact: am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

32Q: 3620 University Study Gallery, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 08/27/2022 - 01/01/2023

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