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Wall

1965

Gordon Bennett

Associated Names

Gordon Bennett

Artist, American, 1933 - 2012

The image shows the upper half of a person wearing a helmet and a dark uniform with patches and stripes on the cuffs. The person is slightly bent over with their head tilted down. There are rifles with fixed bayonets aligned in a row behind them. The background is a tiled wall made of rectangular stone blocks.

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Artwork overview

Medium

gelatin silver print
Credit Line

Gift of Denise Bethel in honor of James Gordon Bennett and Artie Mae Guthrie Bennett
Dimensions

image/sheet: 15.88 × 24.13 cm (6 1/4 × 9 1/2 in.)
Accession Number

2024.97.6

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Gordon Bennett; Denise Bethel, Henrico, VA; gift to NGA, 2024.

Associated Names

Bethel, Denise

Inscriptions

on verso, by unknown hand, top left in blue ink: Gordon Bennett / 'Wall 1965'

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