Lê Van Khoa
Rescue
1973
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Lê Van Khoa
Rescue
1973
Physical Qualities
Gelatin silver print, Sheet: 280 x 355 mm. (11 x 14 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of the Artist
Object Number
1978.16.3
During the war years, Lê traveled throughout his country taking pictures and conducting photography workshops. The artist explained the circumstances of this dramatic image: “The Rescue was taken not very far from Saigon. It was just [the] luckiest picture of my life and it almost cost my life, too.”
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. 14.
Joan Settle Robinson and Wesley L. Wilson, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Images of War," 1980, circulated to Caroline County Public Library, Denton; Essex Community College; Hagerstown Junior College; The Museum in the Mall, Columbia; Notre Dame Preparatory School, Towson; St. John's College, Annapolis; Washington College, Chestertown; Western Maryland College, Westminster; Worcester County Library, Snow Hill.
Frances Klapthor, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Time Frames: Contemporary East Asian Photography," November 4, 2018-March 24, 2019
Joan Settle Robinson and Wesley L. Wilson, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Images of War," 1980, circulated to Caroline County Public Library, Denton; Essex Community College; Hagerstown Junior College; The Museum in the Mall, Columbia; Notre Dame Preparatory School, Towson; St. John's College, Annapolis; Washington College, Chestertown; Western Maryland College, Westminster; Worcester County Library, Snow Hill.
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. 14.
