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Lê Van Khoa

I’m Scared

1975

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I’m Scared — thumbnail 2
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Lê Van Khoa

I’m Scared

1975

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, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "5 From the Eastern Shore," circulated to Loyola High School, Towson (August 31-September 27, 1976); Essex Community College (September 27-October 27, 1976); The Mall, Columbia (October 27-November 23, 1976); Landon School, Bethesda (November 23-December 21, 1976); Charles County Public Library, LaPlata (January 4-February 1, 1977); Academy of the Arts, Easton (February 2-March 1, 1977); Washington College, Chestertown (March 1-March 30, 1977); University of Maryland, Eastern Shore, Princess Anne (March 30-May 2, 1977); Dundalk Community College (May 2-June 1, 1977), cat no. 17.
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

American, born Can-Tho, Vietnam, 1933

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