id: 323710 accession number: 2018.617 share license status: Copyrighted url: https://clevelandart.org/art/2018.617 updated: 2025-02-09 07:48:40.771000 A Wave of Terrorism Over France: Twenty dead, 146 wounded in fifteen months time. Thirteen criminal attempts since July 20. France had never seen such a wave of terrorist violence. Most of these actions are imputed to international terrorism (as a matter of fact, one should add some 350 blasts due to internal antagonisms). Armenians from Asala take hostages at the Turkish Consulate. The Vice Consul will be wounded and his life-guard shot. Here, a terrorist threatens a member of the consulate staff, Paris, 1981. Gerard Rancinan (French, b. 1953). Resin coated print; image: 20 x 29.9 cm (7 7/8 x 11 3/4 in.); paper: 20 x 29.9 cm (7 7/8 x 11 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of George Stephanopoulos 2018.617 title: A Wave of Terrorism Over France: Twenty dead, 146 wounded in fifteen months time. Thirteen criminal attempts since July 20. France had never seen such a wave of terrorist violence. Most of these actions are imputed to international terrorism (as a matter of fact, one should add some 350 blasts due to internal antagonisms). Armenians from Asala take hostages at the Turkish Consulate. The Vice Consul will be wounded and his life-guard shot. Here, a terrorist threatens a member of the consulate staff, Paris title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 1981 creation date earliest: 1981 creation date latest: 1981 current location: creditline: Gift of George Stephanopoulos copyright: --- culture: France technique: resin coated print department: Photography collection: PH - French 20th Century type: Photograph find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS * Gerard Rancinan (French, b. 1953) - artist --- measurements: Image: 20 x 29.9 cm (7 7/8 x 11 3/4 in.); Paper: 20 x 29.9 cm (7 7/8 x 11 3/4 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS --- IMAGES