Don McCullin Shell-shocked solider awaiting transportation away from the front...
Photographs from The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Sold to Benefit Acquisition Funds
Don McCullin
b. 1935
Shell-shocked solider awaiting transportation away from the front line, Hue, Vietnam
gelatin silver print, credit and annotations in pencil and ink, Magnum Photos, Inc. distribution/copyright stamps, printed and typed labels, with title and date, on the reverse
image: 9½ by 6⅜ in. (24.1 by 16.2 cm.)
Executed in 1968.
Condition Report:
Please note the colors and shades in the online catalogue illustration may vary depending on screen settings.
This print is in generally excellent condition. Visible under high raking light are a few small areas of age-appropriate silvering and very subtle handling creases that do not appear to break the emulsion. The margin edges are gently worn.
On the reverse, there are many numerical notations in pencil and ink. There is a small printed label with 'CONS.#89896 CTC' typed.
Catalogue Note:
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, has an extensive collection of war photographs. Its 2012-13 exhibition WAR/PHOTOGRAPHY: Images of Armed Conflict and Its Aftermath included nearly 500 photographs, books, magazines, albums, and ephemera by more than 280 photographers, including Sir Don McCullin CBE.
McCullin's most well-remembered photographs are from the battlefields of the Vietnam War. Shell-shocked soldier is the culmination of McCullin’s storytelling prowess and impactful documentary style. The soldier depicted was a fighter in the 5th marine battalion, which had endured the brunt of the violence in Hue, Vietnam. Of the photograph offered here, McCullin said, it is “a kind of silent protest about the futility of war. You can see this man’s life has possibly been damaged forever.”
Provenance:
Collection of Photographer Marilyn Bridges
Acquired from the above in 2007 by the present owner
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Photographs from The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Sold to Benefit Acquisition Funds
Don McCullin
b. 1935
Shell-shocked solider awaiting transportation away from the front line, Hue, Vietnam
gelatin silver print, credit and annotations in pencil and ink, Magnum Photos, Inc. distribution/copyright stamps, printed and typed labels, with title and date, on the reverse
image: 9½ by 6⅜ in. (24.1 by 16.2 cm.)
Executed in 1968.
Condition Report:
Please note the colors and shades in the online catalogue illustration may vary depending on screen settings.
This print is in generally excellent condition. Visible under high raking light are a few small areas of age-appropriate silvering and very subtle handling creases that do not appear to break the emulsion. The margin edges are gently worn.
On the reverse, there are many numerical notations in pencil and ink. There is a small printed label with 'CONS.#89896 CTC' typed.
Catalogue Note:
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, has an extensive collection of war photographs. Its 2012-13 exhibition WAR/PHOTOGRAPHY: Images of Armed Conflict and Its Aftermath included nearly 500 photographs, books, magazines, albums, and ephemera by more than 280 photographers, including Sir Don McCullin CBE.
McCullin's most well-remembered photographs are from the battlefields of the Vietnam War. Shell-shocked soldier is the culmination of McCullin’s storytelling prowess and impactful documentary style. The soldier depicted was a fighter in the 5th marine battalion, which had endured the brunt of the violence in Hue, Vietnam. Of the photograph offered here, McCullin said, it is “a kind of silent protest about the futility of war. You can see this man’s life has possibly been damaged forever.”
Provenance:
Collection of Photographer Marilyn Bridges
Acquired from the above in 2007 by the present owner
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