Four Marines Recover the Body of a Comrade under Fire

October 1966, printed 1972

Larry Burrows

Associated Names
Larry Burrows

Artist, British, 1926 - 1971

The image depicts four soldiers carrying an injured comrade through a grassy field. The soldiers appear to be in a military setting based on their clothing and gear. They display expressions of urgency and determination as they transport their injured colleague.
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On View

West Building Ground Floor, Gallery G28

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    dye imbibition print

  • Credit Line

    Clinton and Jean Wright Fund

  • Dimensions

    image: 68.58 × 81.28 cm (27 × 32 in.)
    sheet: 76.2 × 83.82 cm (30 × 33 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2019.36.1

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Russell Burrows, the artist's son, New York; NGA purchase (through Laurence Miller Gallery, New York), 2019.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1972

  • produced in connection with the exhibition Vietnam: A Photographic Essay: Brooklyn Museum, Summer 1972

2018

  • Larry Burrows Revisited: Laurence Miller Gallery, New York, May 10–June 29, 2018

Inscriptions

on verso, by unknown hand, lower left in graphite: U.S. Marines recover a body under fire, DMZ, 1966; artist stamp lower left in blue ink: © The Larry Burrows Collection / Reproduction without written / consent is expressly prohibited; TIME, Inc. stamp lower left in blue ink: © TIME Inc. / Reproduction without written / consent is expressly prohibited

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