Aftermath of Diệm Coup in Saigon

November 1963

Larry Burrows

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Larry Burrows

Artist, British, 1926 - 1971

This grayscale photograph shows a group of soldiers on a sidewalk next to a crumbling brick wall. Several soldiers are seated or crouched on the ground with rifles propped up against the wall. One soldier is standing and assisting another soldier climbing over a damaged section of the wall on the right. In the background on the left, a large vehicle is parked under a canopy of trees. Debris and military gear are scattered in the area. Vegetation is visible along the top edge of the wall, and fallen bricks are scattered across the pavement.
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Provenance

Russell Burrows, the artist's son, New York; John Hagefstration (through Laurence Miller Gallery, New York), Birmingham, AL; gift to NGA, 2025.

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Inscriptions

on verso, center, LIFE Magazine stamp in blue ink: LIFE MAGAZINE / LIFE PHOTO BY / LARRY BURROWS / Property of Life Magazine / Reproduction Forbidden without Express Consent / TAKE NO. 3rd DATE / 11/5/63 SET NO. / 69199 / STORY & LOCATION / Vietnam / BLACK & WHITE FILM / 35 mm / 8 COLOR FILM / 35 mm / 1 ekta; by unknown hand, black crayon, written perpendicular near stamp: 199 / C-4 -12

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