Le Hong Son, a Vietnamese boy Accession Number: ART40497

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Portrait of a young Vietnamese boy, Le Hong Son, seated with right hand at his mouth.

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Accession Number
ART40497
Classification
Art
Object Type
Work on paper
Physical Description
Medium: black and brown fibre-tipped pen, brush and fibre-tipped wash on paper
Measurement
Sheet: 36.8 x 26.8 cm
Medium
black and brown fibre-tipped pen, brush and fibre-tipped wash on paper
Date Made
1967
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
acquired under official war art scheme 1968
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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