Oil drilling in the Arab Golf, Das Island, Abu Dhabi

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Oil drilling in the Arab Golf, Das Island, Abu Dhabi
Oil drilling in the Arab Golf, Das Island, Abu Dhabi
Artist/Maker (Swiss, 1933 – 2014)
Datec. 1974
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 5 7/8 × 8 5/8 in. (14.9 × 21.9 cm) Sheet: 7 1/8 × 9 3/8 in. (18.1 × 23.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of Thomas J. Wilson and Jill M. Garling, P2016
Object number2021.12.54
Not on view
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Provenance 2021: Hamilton College (Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art), by gift of Thomas J. Wilson and Jill M. Garling.
Markings Verso, bottom right corner (stamp): "© René Burri - Magnum"
Inscribed Verso, top center (pencil): "FCC F 605"
Verso, top right corner (blue pen): "MO 5"
Verso, center (pencil) and verso, bottom right (blue pen): "74-20-9/20"
Verso, center (blue ink): "DAS ISLAND / ARAB GULF / UNITED ARAB EMIRATES"
Verso, bottom right corner (pencil): "ABU DHABI"
Verso, bottom left corner (pencil): "RB-F-027"
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