Tankman, Tiananmen Square, Beijing, China, June 5
Tankman, Tiananmen Square, Beijing, China, June 5

© Jeff Widener

Tankman, Tiananmen Square, Beijing, China, June 5
Tankman, Tiananmen Square, Beijing, China, June 5

Currently not on view

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Tankman, Tiananmen Square, Beijing, China, June 5,

1989, printed 1998

Jeff Widener, born 1956, Long Beach, CA
2023-48

Information

Title
Tankman, Tiananmen Square, Beijing, China, June 5
Dates

1989, printed 1998

Maker
Jeff Widener
Medium
Chromogenic print
Dimensions
image: 15.8 × 23.7 cm (6 1/4 × 9 5/16 in.) sheet: 20.3 × 25.4 cm (8 × 10 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase, Fowler McCormick, Class of 1921, Fund and gift of Marthe M. Smith
Object Number
2023-48
Place Depicted

Asia, China, Beijing

Culture
American
Type
photographs, chromogenic color prints

Time Inc., 1998; Marthe Smith, 2023; purchased by Princeton University Art Museum, June 2023.

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