An-My Lê

29 Palms: Security and Stability Operations (Good Saddam)

2003–2004

Single-story homes in a desert yard have graffiti reading "GOOD SADDAM" and "FREE SADDAM" on their walls.
Single-story homes in a desert yard have graffiti reading "GOOD SADDAM" and "FREE SADDAM" on their walls.

An-My Lê, 29 Palms: Security and Stability Operations (Good Saddam), 2003–2004. Gelatin silver print, sheet (sight): 25 3/4 × 37 1/4 in. (65.4 × 94.6 cm) Image (sight): 25 3/4 × 37 1/4 in. (65.4 × 94.6 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of Eric Ellenbogen 2005.143. © An-My Lê

Recto

Not on view

Date
2003–2004

Classification
Photographs

Medium
Gelatin silver print

Dimensions
Sheet (sight): 25 3/4 × 37 1/4 in. (65.4 × 94.6 cm) Image (sight): 25 3/4 × 37 1/4 in. (65.4 × 94.6 cm)

Accession number
2005.143

Series
29 Palms

Edition
2/5

Credit line
Gift of Eric Ellenbogen

Rights and reproductions
© An-My Lê

API
artworks/26125





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