Over West Wall from the series Vietnam Veterans Memorial
Artist
Salvatore (Sal) Lopes
(American, b. 1943)
CultureAmerican
DateNovember 1984
MediumCibachrome print
DimensionsOverall, Image: 15 15/16 × 20 in. (40.5 × 50.8 cm)
Overall, Support: 22 × 25 15/16 in. (55.9 × 65.9 cm)
Overall, Support: 22 × 25 15/16 in. (55.9 × 65.9 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase
Object number87.360
Not on view
DescriptionThis is one photograph from a series of cibachrome print photographs. Taken from above the wall, a crowd stands in front of the Vietnam Veteran Memorial Wall; in the center, a man in uniform stands with his hand over his mouth.Label TextOver West Wall, November 1984 from the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Series, 1982-1987 Cibachrome print Museum purchase 87.360 The Vietnam Veterans Memorial on the Mall in Washington, D.C., was completed in 1982. Over the next five years photographer Sal Lopes recorded the experiences and emotion of families, friends, and comrades as they searched for and located the names of loved ones among the 58,260 fallen listed on the polished granite surface of Maya Lin's extraordinarily beautiful and moving memorial. Exhibition History"The Wall: Photographed by Sal Lopes," Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Va., November 3, 1987 - January 10, 1988. "At the Front," Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Va., August 14, 2009 - January 17, 2010. Published ReferencesSal Lopes, intro by Michael Norman, _The Wall: Images and Offerings from the Vietnam Veterans Memorial_ (New York: Collins Publishers, Inc., 1987), 52-53.
Salvatore (Sal) Lopes
November 1986
