Description: AUTHENTIC VIETNAMESE SILK PAINTING - VIETNAM 1968. A VIETNAMESE ARTIST GAVE ME THIS SILK ART DEPICTING A CULTURAL LANDSCAPE IN VIETNAM IN EXCHANGE FOR FOOD AND A PACK OF CIGARETTES. I COULD EASILY HAVE DISCARDED IT, A SEEMING WORTHLESS CASUALTY OF WAR. INSTEAD, I WRAPPED IN PLASTIC AND KEPT IT IN MY HELMET LINER, THE ONLY DRY PLACE. LOOKING BACK, I BELIEVE THE REASON I HELD ONTO THIS SILK ART WAS ITS SIMPLICITY, SIMPLICITY IN THOUGHT IN THE MIDST OF SO MUCH TUROIL AND DEATH. THE SCENE, A MAN WALKING ACROSS A BRIDGE GOING HOME, THE ONLY SAFE PLACE WHERE HE FELT SAFE. FOR A YOUNG MARINE IT IS A HAUNTING MEMORY IN BLACK AND GRAY, THE DARK BEAUTY OF VIETNAM. NOW THAT I HAVE COME TO TERMS WITH MY JOURNEY SO MANY YEARS IN THE PAST I HAVE DECIDED TO PASS IT ON TO ANOTHER, MAYBE A VIETNAM VETERAN, MAYBE A VETERAN'S FAMILY, OR SOMEONE WHO WILL SEE IN THESE IMAGES THE BEAUTY OF A TIME GONE BY. (Framed and matted). THIS IS AUTHENTIC. I CAN PROVIDE PHOTOGRAPHS OF ME IN VIETNAM, MY DISCHARGE PAPERS, AND MY DD 214, AS PROOF.
Price: 150 USD
Location: Belen, New Mexico
End Time: 2025-02-06T21:06:02.000Z
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Item Specifics
All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Artist: VIETNAMESE ARTIST
Unit of Sale: Single Piece
Size: Small
Item Length: 13 in
Region of Origin: NEAR KHE SANH
Framing: Matted & Framed
Personalize: No
Year of Production: 1968
Unit Type: lb
Original/Licensed Reproduction: Original
Item Height: 19 in
Style: Colonial, Figurative Art, Folk Art, Realism
Features: One of a Kind (OOAK)
Unit Quantity: 1
Culture: VIETNAMESE
Item Width: 2 INCHES
Handmade: Yes
Time Period Produced: 1968 - 1969
Signed: No
Period: Post-War (1940-1970)
Title: MARINE - I CORP VIETNAM
Material: SILK
Certificate of Authenticity (COA): No
Subject: Adventure Time, Asia, Buddha, Community Life, Farming, Figures, Fish & Water Animals, Landscape, Men, Military, On the Road, Seasons, Silhouettes, Still Life, Working Life
Type: Painting
Theme: Agriculture, Animals, Animation, Art, Conflicts & Wars, Continents & Countries, Cultures & Ethnicities, Famous Places, Fantasy, History, Inspirational, Militaria, Nature, Patriotic, People
Production Technique: Watercolor Painting
Country/Region of Manufacture: Vietnam
Personalization Instructions: WATER COLOR ON SILK
