Ceremony for U.S. Military Casualties
March 1964
Larry Burrows
Artist, British, 1926 - 1971
Artwork overview
-
Medium
gelatin silver print
-
Credit Line
-
Dimensions
image/sheet: 34.29 × 22.86 cm (13 1/2 × 9 in.)
-
Accession Number
2025.105.25
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 - Pol.-Rev. – Viet Cong / x Vietnam AF / USAF – in FC-Vietnam / (Ceremonies for Amer. / Casualties in Vietnam, as / body is shipped home to / US) / x USAF – Casualties / x Flags-American / #70111 [circled] -A / 111/C-13/5; center, stamped in red ink: LIFE PICTURE COLLECTION; right, LIFE Magazine stamp in blue ink: LIFE MAGAZINE / LIFE PHOTO BY / L. Burrows / Property of Life Magazine / Reproduction Forbidden without Express Consent / TAKE NO / 1 / DATE / 3-7-64 / STORY & LOCATION / Vietnam: Americans / on Spot / BLACK & WHITE FILM / 35 mm / 16 / COLOR FILM / 35 mm / 3 Koda / 3 Ekta