Provenance

Mary and Dan Solomon, Monarch Beach, CA; gift to NGA, 2018.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

retouching across recto in black ink and grey paint; on verso, upper center stamped in purple ink on applied newspaper perpendicular: JUN 11 1970; center left stamped in purple ink perpendicular: RECEIVED EXAMINER; center printed in black ink on applied newspaper perpendicular: [reproduction of image] / A Saigon Monk's Fiery Death / Buddhist monks [underlined in red pencil] of the Pho Quang Pagoda in a sub- / urb of Saigon are shown here as they cover the / charred body of Thich Thien Lai, 73, with a South / Vietnamese [circled in red pencil] flag. [by unknown hand in red pencil: South] Lai set himself afire at the pag[oda] / today and burned to death. Fellow monks said [he] / was depressed by the war and religious dispu[tes]. / --UPI Ph[oto]; by unknown hand, center right in red pencil: C; lower left stamped in brown ink: EXAMINER / SLUG: [by unknown hand in graphite: Monk] / SIZE [by unknown hand in graphite: 4 col x 5 / 1/4] / WHEN WANTED [by unknown hand in graphite: 1st / thurs] / DEPT. [by unknown hand in graphite: news]