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Call Number:

PH-02305

Collection Name:

Harry Mattison Photography Collection

Creator:

Mattison, Harry (1948 - )

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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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).