NORTHERN IRELAND. West Belfast. Mourners and press at the funeral of three Republican servicemen killed in Gibraltar.

1988

Gilles Peress

Associated Names
Gilles Peress

Artist, French, born 1946

The image shows a group of people around a coffin being lowered into the ground. Most are visible from the waist up. In the center, a man in a suit is helping guide the coffin with a rope. Next to him, another man in a sweater is assisting. A third man with a rope stands at the grave's edge, wearing a raincoat and beanie. The coffin, with a crucifix, fills the foreground. In the background, other individuals in formal attire and some with cameras are seen. Floral tributes are nearby. The sky is overcast, and the location is likely a cemetery.
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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Michael D. Abrams, Washington, DC; gift to the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2009; acquired by NGA, 2015.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

on verso, signed by artist, bottom right in graphite underlined: Gilles Peress; by Corcoran Gallery of Art, bottom right: 2009.003.002

Wikidata ID

Q64154291

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