USNS Comfort, Verrazano Bridge, Brooklyn, New York, 2020
Artist
An-My Lê
(American, born South Vietnam, born 1960)
CultureAmerican
Date2020
MediumInkjet print
Dimensions7 × 10 in. (17.8 × 25.4 cm)
SignedIncludes a signed and numbered sticker.
PortfolioEdition 82 of 150
Credit LineMuseum purchase
Object number2020.5
Not on view
DescriptionThis is a color photograph that depicts the USNS Comfort, a white hospital ship marked with red crosses, passing under the Verrazano Bridge, as seen from Brooklyn, NY. Two onlookers are visible in the foreground and Staten Island can been seen in the background. The photograph was made on March 30, 2020, as the ship arrived in New York to help support city hospitals battling the coronavirus pandemic. The ship departed Naval Station Norfolk on March 28, 2020.ProvenancePurchased from Marian Goodman Gallery, New York, by Chrysler Museum of Art, April 15, 2020.Published ReferencesThe New Yorker: www.newyorker.com/goings-on-about-town/art/an-my-le
ca. 1865
