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Burning Lundy in Effigy, Derry

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Burning Lundy in Effigy, Derry

Gilles Peress (French, born 1946)

Date:: 1981
Medium:: Gelatin silver print
Dimensions:: 90.8 x 60.6 cm. (35 3/4 x 23 7/8 in.)
Classification:: Photographs
Credit Line:: Gift of the artist, 1992
Accession Number:: 1992.5103
Rights and Reproduction:: © Gilles Peress

This artwork is not on display

Signatures, Inscriptions, and Markings

Inscription: Signed verso print in pencil. Labelled verso print: "Gilles Peress// Magnum Photos, Inc."; "Burning Lundy in// Effigy, Derry, 1981"
Provenance

Gilles Peress
Notes

Lundy, a traitor to the Protestant cause, is burned in effigy in this annual ritual in the streets of Derry, Ireland.
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