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Leaving for Iraq, Mount Vernon, Ohio
Leaving for Iraq, Mount Vernon, Ohio

Leaving for Iraq, Mount Vernon, Ohio

Series TitleWar is Personal
Artist Eugene Richards (American, born 1944)
Date2006
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 15 1/4 × 23 inches (38.74 × 58.42 cm)
Sheet: 20 × 24 inches (50.8 × 60.96 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2014.37.3
SignedSigned and dated on sheet verso, lower right corner, in pencil: "Eugene Richards, 2006"
InscribedOn sheet verso, lower right corner, in pencil: "Leaving for Iraq, Mt. Vernon, Ohio"
Markingsnone
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DescriptionImage of man in camouflage resting hand on sleeping child in crib while another child sleeps on floor nearby.
Copyright© Eugene Richards
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