Jim with Portrait of his Brother, at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial
Artist
Salvatore (Sal) Lopes
(American, b. 1943)
CultureAmerican
DateNovember 1986
MediumCibachrome print
DimensionsOverall, Support: 15 15/16 × 20 in. (40.5 × 50.8 cm)
Overall, Image: 12 × 18 in. (30.5 × 45.7 cm)
Overall, Mat: 20 × 24 in. (50.8 × 61 cm)
Overall, Image: 12 × 18 in. (30.5 × 45.7 cm)
Overall, Mat: 20 × 24 in. (50.8 × 61 cm)
Credit LineThe Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA, Purchase, Horace W. Goldsmith Fund
Object number87.347
Not on view
DescriptionThis is one photo from a series of cibachrome prints. It depicts a man holding a case; the case has a photo of his brother in U.S. uniform and medals the brother was awarded. The man wears a camouflage jacket with several official decorations and is standing beside the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.Exhibition History"The Wall: Photographed by Sal Lopes," Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Va., November 3, 1987 - January 10, 1988. "The Portrait in America," The Alice R. and Sol B. Frank Photography Galleries, The Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Va., January 26 - April 8, 1990. Published ReferencesSal Lopes, intro by Michael Norman, _The Wall: Images and Offerings from the Vietnam Veterans Memorial_ (New York: Collins Publishers, Inc., 1987), 65. Brooks Johnson, _The Portrait in America_, exh. cat., The Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, Va., 1990, 8, 74.
