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Lê Van Khoa

I’m Scared

1974

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I’m Scared

Lê Van Khoa

I’m Scared

Lê Van Khoa

I’m Scared

1974

Physical Qualities Gelatin silver print, Sheet: 279 x 354 mm. (11 x 13 15/16 in.)
Credit Line Gift of the Artist
Object Number 1978.16.6
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 1978; the artist
Elinor Roberts, "5 from the Eastern Shore," Baltimore: The Baltimore Museum of Art, 1976, no. 17.

Inscribed: rower right verso, in ink: "'I'm Scared' / LE VAN KHOA, Hon. F. APA, Hon. F. MPC."

Artist

Lê Van Khoa

1932–2000

American, born Can-Tho, Vietnam, 1933
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SLUMBER
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Call Me Early Mother Dear, for I'm to be Queen of the May
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THE DAY IS DONE
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"YES, GOOD MAMMA, YES--I'M GOING TO LOCK UP YOUR SILVER SPOON"
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"Yes, good mamma, yes--I'm going to lock up your silver spoon"
1903
RESCUE
Lê Van Khoa
Rescue
1973
MY FAMILY IS O.K.; I THINK I'M STUPID
Jim Goldberg
My family is o.k.; I think I'm stupid
1978–1983
GOING HOME
Lê Van Khoa
Going Home
1973
Cause I'm On My Time
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Cause I'm On My Time
1987
NIGHT
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Night
1973
A DOWRY... - YOU ARE AWARE OF MY SON'S WEALTH, BE KIND ENOUGH TO TELL ME THE DOWRY YOU ARE GIVING TO YOUR DAUGHTER.... - MY DAUGHTER IS A TREASURE.. - I'M SURE OF THAT, BUT SHE... - SHE IS WORTH HER WEIGHT IN GOLD... - UNDOUBTEDLY, BUT HER DOW.... - SHE IS RICH IN VIRTUE! - WONDERFUL, BUT YOU ARE GIVING HER...? - I GIVE HER MY APPROVAL, MY BLESSING AND… HOW TO MAKE USE OF IT. THE YOUNG MAN IN LOVE, MARRIES THE GIRL, PLACATES HIS FATHER-IN-LAW AND
Honoré Daumier
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1836
ALRIGHT, ALRIGHT, I'M COMING - ONE WOULD THINK THE HOUSE WAS ON FIRE! - ENOUGH ABOUT YOUR FIRE!... I'M FREEZING. FOR TWO HOURS I'VE BEEN POUNDING ON THE DOOR. -(ASIDE) THAT WILL TEACH YOU NEXT TIME, NOT TO GIVE A TIP!
Honoré Daumier
Alright, alright, I'm coming - one would think the house was on fire! - Enough about your fire!... I'm freezing. For two hours I've been pounding on the door. -(aside) that will teach you next time, not to give a tip!
1839
AN ALIBI. - I'M TELLING YOU I SAW BONAPARTE AT THE HIPPODROME. - BUT THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE BECAUSE I JUST HEARD HIM AT THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY. - YOU'RE BOTH WRONG, BECAUSE I JUST PASSED PLACE VENDÔME A MINUTE AGO, AND HE WAS ON THE COLUMN.
Honoré Daumier
An Alibi. - I'm telling you I saw Bonaparte at the Hippodrome. - But that's impossible because I just heard him at the National Assembly. - You're both wrong, because I just passed Place Vendôme a minute ago, and he was on the column.
1847