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New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with digitial camera-2007.
Rubbing - West Wall from the series Vietnam Veterans Memorial
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with digitial camera-2007.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with digitial camera-2007.

Rubbing - West Wall from the series Vietnam Veterans Memorial

Artist Salvatore (Sal) Lopes (American, b. 1943)
DateJune 1984
MediumCibachrome print
DimensionsOverall, Image: 18 × 12 1/8 in. (45.7 × 30.8 cm)
Overall, Support: 20 × 16 in. (50.8 × 40.6 cm)
ClassificationsPhotography
Credit LineMuseum purchase
Object number87.352
Terms
  • Washington, DC
  • Vietnam
  • Veterans
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DescriptionThis is one photo from a series of cibachrome prints. Three men wearing military uniforms and a camo t-shirt attempt to rub a name from the Vietnam Memorial. One man stands on the ground reaching upward while two others are above, reaching down to hold the paper in place.
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