Lê Van Khoa
Night
1973
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Lê Van Khoa
Night
1973
Physical Qualities
Gelatin silver print, Sheet: 181 x 504 mm. (7 1/8 x 19 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of the Artist
Object Number
1978.16.1
Lê, a self-trained photographer, was born in the Mekong Delta. His images of evening and nightfall serve as metaphors for war weary Vietnam in 1973–1974. Here, fishermen and their families, who live aboard their boats, have settled close to shore for the night. Lê arrived in the U.S. in 1975, following the end of the Vietnam War. He taught photography at Salisbury State College in Maryland (1976–1977) before relocating to Southern California.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 1978; the artist
Elinor Roberts, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "5 From the Eastern Shore," circulated to Loyola High School, Towson (August 31-September 27, 1976); Essex Community College (September 27-October 27, 1976); The Mall, Columbia (October 27-November 23, 1976); Landon School, Bethesda (November 23-December 21, 1976); Charles County Public Library, LaPlata (January 4-February 1, 1977); Academy of the Arts, Easton (February 2-March 1, 1977); Washington College, Chestertown (March 1-March 30, 1977); University of Maryland, Eastern Shore, Princess Anne (March 30-May 2, 1977); Dundalk Community College (May 2-June 1, 1977), cat no. 16.
Frances Klapthor, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Time Frames: Contemporary East Asian Photography," November 4, 2018-March 24, 2019.
Frances Klapthor, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Time Frames: Contemporary East Asian Photography," November 4, 2018-March 24, 2019.
Elinor Roberts, "5 from the Eastern Shore," Baltimore: The Baltimore Museum of Art, 1976, no. 16.
