Inside the shelter, Amiriyah
Art ART29752.020 Gulf War, 1990-1991Air raid shelter with a hole in roof from direct hit, at Azamiyah in Baghdad.
The shelter Accession Number: AWM2021.967.1.34
Description
Sketch of the bombed shelter at Azamiyah. Many women and children died when the US bombed this shelter. According to Jenny Barker, there was a story going around that the Iraqis let it be known that this was a military base, so the US forces naturally targeted it. Up until that time many Arabs had been pro U.S.
This work directly relates to ART29752.019 and ART29752.020.
Details
Accession Number
AWM2021.967.1.34
Artist
Kevin Connor
Classification
Art
Object Type
Work on paper
Medium
graphite pencil on paper
Date Made
20 June 1991
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Donated in 2021
Copyright
AWM Licensed copyright
Conflicts
Part of collection:
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