Aftermath of Diệm Coup in Saigon
November 1963
Larry Burrows
Artist, British, 1926 - 1971
Artwork overview
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Medium
gelatin silver print
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
image/sheet: 33.66 × 22.86 cm (13 1/4 × 9 in.)
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Accession Number
2025.105.16
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Russell Burrows, the artist's son, New York; John Hagefstration (through Laurence Miller Gallery, New York), Birmingham, AL; gift to NGA, 2025.
Associated Names
Inscriptions
on verso, by unknown hand, center left in black crayon: x Vietnam – P-C / x Vietnam AF / x Vietnam _ Pol.-Rev. – AF / (in *Saigon, curious children / investigate tank after military / coup which overthrew Diem / Regime); LIFE Magazine stamp in blue ink: LIFE MAGAZINE / LIFE PHOTO BY / LARRY BURROWS / Property of Life Magazine / Reproduction Forbidden without Express Consent / 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 - 1 / 19; circled: #69199-B; stamped in red ink: LIFE PICTURE COLLECTION