About This Item

  • TitleSome are present
  • Call NumberVETS_0075
  • Cite AsNew York Harbor Hospital Creative Arts Program Collection, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryRelief print depicting text: USMC and flag symbolizing MIAs. Artwork made for project: Inked identity, 2011: veterans explore tattoos, led by VA creative arts therapist Beryl Brenner and Museum of Modern Art educator Sally Paul. Artwork shown in exhibit at Museum of Modern Art in November, 2011. Exhibition label: James Burns, Some are present. “The flag lacks some of the fifty stars that it should have. The stars represent those who are present. The missing stars are our MIAs.”
  • Date2011
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 image file : digital, JPG, black & white
  • Genrerelief prints
  • NoteTitle supplied by creator.
  • CreatorBurns, James
  • SubjectVeterans--United States ; Missing in action
  • CollectionVeterans Creative Arts Program collection
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
  • RightsCopyright restrictions apply to the use of this work. For more information or to obtain a reproduction of this work, contact the Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library.
  • Copyright OwnerNew York Harbor Hospital Creative Arts Program