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The Overthrow of Nicolae Ceausescu, Bucarest, Romania, 1989

Peter Turnley

Artwork Details

The Overthrow of Nicolae Ceausescu, Bucarest, Romania, 1989
1989
Peter Turnley
archival pigment print on paper
13 ½ in x 20 in (34.29 cm x 50.8 cm);20 in x 24 in (50.8 cm x 60.96 cm)
Gift of Kathleen Lauster and Jarir Derouach
2016/2.526

Description

Physical Description:

A color photograph of the face of a crowd. A man in the center cries, his right hand held up and two fingers raised. Several others offer this gesture and stare at the viewer.

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