Saigon Execution
February 1, 1968
Artist, American, 1933 - 2004
Publisher

Artwork overview
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Medium
gelatin silver print
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
image: 17.5 × 24.3 cm (6 7/8 × 9 9/16 in.)
sheet: 18.3 × 25.6 cm (7 3/16 × 10 1/16 in.) -
Accession
2018.177.625
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
(sale, RMY Auctions, Wilder, ID); Mary and Dan Solomon, Monarch Beach, CA; gift to NGA, 2018.
Associated Names
Inscriptions
on verso, upper left stamped in black ink: TOP / Milwaukee Journal / Roto Copy [by unknown hand in red ink: 3] / Page [by unknown hand in red ink: 20] / Date [by unknown hand in red ink: MAR. 2]; upper center stamped in black ink inverted: 1295 20 FEB 10 REC'D; center left printed in black ink on applied pink label perpendicular: RETURN / TO / LIBRARY; center left stamped in purple ink perpendicular: Return to Library; by unknown hand, center in black ink perpendicular: (Vietnam-War-N. Vietnamese & / Vietcong - Casualties); center in black ink: 3; center printed in black ink on applied newspaper perpendicular: First place for / spot news went to Eddie Adams [underlined in red ink] of the / Associated Press for the picture (up- / per) of South Vietnam's police chief / executing a Vietcong officer.; center stamped in purple ink on applied newspaper perpendicular: SUN MAR 2 1969; by unknown hand, center in black ink on applied newspaper perpendicular: Roto; center right in blue ink perpendicular and crossed out in blue and red ink: Vietnam- War- Casualties / (Photography) [crossed out in graphite]; center right, stamped in black ink perpendicular: Annual Pictures of the Year Competition