June 2010 Catalog > Photo Collection > Americana Photographs
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Lot 1201: Burning of the Buddhist Monk
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Four disturbing images on three photographs of Buddhist monks commiting ritual suicide by immolation in Viet Nam circa 1963. A fourth photo shows a VIetmanese priest performing a ceremonial fire blessing near Da Nang in 1968. Photographs measure 7 x 9" to 8 x 10" and three have the original paper captions still attached. NRMT.
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