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Call Number:

PH-02305

Collection Name:

Harry Mattison Photography Collection

Creator:

Mattison, Harry, 1948 - , active 1980 - 1989

No. of Items:

5 items

Span Dates:

1982

Description:

The collection consist of five photographs (three prints and two contact sheeets) by Harry Mattison (American, born ) that document El Salvador's civil war (1979-1992). Item-level information follows.

2008:0027:0001 -- Soldiers with Their Mutilated Victims, Chalatenango, 1982. Gelatin silver print, 21.7 x 32.9 cm (image); 27.9 x 35.3 cm (sheet);
2008:0027:0002 -- Soldiers with Their Mutilated Victims, Chalatenango, 1982. Gelatin silver print;
2008:0027:0003 -- Soldiers with Their Mutilated Victims, Chalatenango, 1982. Gelatin silver print;
2008:0027:0004 -- Contact sheet of photographs taken in El Salvador, 1982. Gelatin silver print;
2008:0027:0005 -- Contact sheet of photographs taken in El Salvador, 1982. Gelatin silver print.

Accession No(s):

2008:0027:0001-0005; Gift, 2008

Location(s):

Inside El Salvador Box 5 (2008:0027:0001)
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M Box, Medium (2008:0027:0002-0005)
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Item(s):

Artist/Maker	Mattison, Harry, 1948 - , active 1980 - 1989
Title	Soldiers with their mutilated victims, Chalatenango
Date	1979-1983
Medium	Gelatin silver print
Dimensions	image: 21.7 x 32.9 cm; 8 1/2 x 13 in; sheet: 27.9 x 35.3 cm; 11 x 13 9/10 in
Accession Number	2008:0027:0001

Artist/Maker	Mattison, Harry, 1948 - , active 1980 - 1989
Title	Soldiers with their mutilated victims, Chalatenango
Date	1979-1983
Medium	Gelatin silver print
Dimensions	image: 21.7 x 32.9 cm; 8 1/2 x 13 in; sheet: 27.9 x 35.3 cm; 11 x 13 9/10 in
Accession Number	2008:0027:0002

Artist/Maker	Mattison, Harry, 1948 - , active 1980 - 1989
Title	Soldiers with their mutilated victims, Chalatenango
Date	1979-1983
Medium	Gelatin silver print
Dimensions	image: 21.7 x 32.9 cm; 8 1/2 x 13 in; sheet: 27.9 x 35.3 cm; 11 x 13 9/10 in
Accession Number	2008:0027:0003

Artist/Maker	Mattison, Harry, 1948 - , active 1980 - 1989
Title	[Contact sheet of photographs taken in El Salvador]
Date	1979-1983
Medium	Gelatin silver print
Dimensions	21.6 x 27.9 cm; 8 1/2 in (approximately)
Accession Number	2008:0027:0004

Artist/Maker	Mattison, Harry, 1948 - , active 1980 - 1989
Title	[Contact sheet of photographs taken in El Salvador]
Date	1979-1983
Medium	Gelatin silver print
Dimensions	21.6 x 27.9 cm; 8 1/2 in (approximately)
Accession Number	2008:0027:0005

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See Also:

Donna DeCesare Photography Collection: Additional photographs taken in El Salvador during the same period are located in the Donna DeCesare Photography Collection (PH-02318).

Inside El Salvador Photography Collection: Additional photographs by Mattison are located in the Inside El Salvador Photography Collection (PH-02022).