[Vietnam Veterans Memorial. Competition drawing] – Antique Wall Art
![[Vietnam Veterans Memorial. Competition drawing], [1980 or 1981] — historic drawing](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/b4/b4adba08fdd8-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Step back in time with [Vietnam Veterans Memorial. Competition drawing], a historic drawing rich in period detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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[Vietnam Veterans Memorial. Competition drawing]
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Competition entry no. 1026 is a color drawing in mixed media on paper, mounted on board, made in 1980 or 1981 while the design contest for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial was underway. The winning design, by Maya Lin, was a pair of black granite walls meeting in a shallow V and inscribed with the names of more than 58,000 Americans killed or missing in the war. The memorial was dedicated in 1982, and its abstract, name-centered form helped a divided nation begin to reckon with the conflict. The "wall" has since become a reference point for memorial design.
| Created / published | [1980 or 1981] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 drawing on paper mounted on board : mixed media, color. |
| Genre | has become a profound symbol that has served to unify and reconcile a nation sorely divided by a foreign entanglement. Lin envisioned a black granite wall |
| Notes | Competition entry no. 1026. Forms part of: The Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund Records, ca. 1979-1984 (Library of Congress). The Vietnam Veterans Memorial |
| Subjects | the work---popularly known as "the wall"--has become a point of reference |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,237 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-176440 |
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