Saigon Execution

February 1, 1968

Eddie Adams

Associated Names
Eddie Adams

Artist, American, 1933 - 2004

Associated Press

Publisher

This is a black-and-white photograph of two men on a street lined with buildings. Both men are seen from the waist up. The man on the left has his back to us and looks to the left. He wears a shirt or jacket with a high collar and rolled up sleeves, and his hair is short. His arms are outstretched, pointing a small gun towards the man on the right. The man on the right faces us, with his hands behind his back. His face is contorted in an expression of distress, with his downturned mouth partially open. He wears a loose flannel shirt, and his hair is long on the top and shorter on the sides. both men have black hair and medium-toned skin. The street stretches beyond the men, towards the left of center, and it is lined with indistinct buildings in the top right corner of the photograph. On the left side, some trees can be seen, and a man in a helmet is partially visible.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Mary and Dan Solomon

  • 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 Number

    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

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