id:			323755
accession number:	2018.638
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2018.638
updated:		2024-03-26 02:02:05.576000

Typical Vietnamese Army Soldier: This grim-faced Vietnamese Army soldier is shown on an American helicopter prior to a strike against Viet Cong Communist guerrilla forces last weekend in the Mekong Delta rice country near Tan Hiep, Vietnam. The solider has had 20 years Army service. He fought with the French for eight years against the Vietminh and since then, in the same area, with the Saigon government against Communist guerrillas, 1963. Horst Faas (German, 1933–2012). Associated Press wire photo; image: 21.2 x 15.7 cm (8 3/8 x 6 3/16 in.); paper: 22.9 x 16.3 cm (9 x 6 7/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of George Stephanopoulos 2018.638

title:				Typical Vietnamese Army Soldier: This grim-faced Vietnamese Army soldier is shown on an American helicopter prior to a strike against Viet Cong Communist guerrilla forces last weekend in the Mekong Delta rice country near Tan Hiep, Vietnam. The solider has had 20 years Army service. He fought with the French for eight years against the Vietminh and since then, in the same area, with the Saigon government against Communist guerrillas
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creation date:			1963
creation date earliest:		1963
creation date latest:		1963
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creditline:			Gift of George Stephanopoulos
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culture:	Germany
technique:	Associated Press wire photo
department:	Photography
collection:	PH - German 20th Century
type:		Photograph
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* Horst Faas (German, 1933–2012)  - artist

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measurements: Image: 21.2 x 15.7 cm (8 3/8 x 6 3/16 in.); Paper: 22.9 x 16.3 cm (9 x 6 7/16 in.)
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	inscription:	Written in black ink on recto, over text in photograph: "Army"
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	inscription:	Written in pencil on verso: "HF-VNM-264 1800-"
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	inscription:	Stamped in black ink on verso: "NOTICE/This picture is the property of the Associated/Press and may be used only for this purpose/reproduction when authorized by the owner/not be syndicated, rented or loaned, or used/advertising purposes or for the purposes of/The following credit must be printed under/reproduction of this picture:/ASSOCIATED PRESS/WIREPHOTO"
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	inscription:	Stamped in black ink on verso: "Jan 3, 1963"
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