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Description	Oil on canvas painting by Steve Hurd created from an image of the fallen soldiers returning from the Iraq War, blurred by pixilation.
Author or copyright owner	Steve Hurd
Source (WP:NFCC#4)	Original publication: 2008 Immediate source: https://www.artreporttoday.com/gallery-one/art-report-today-steve-hurd.html
Date of publication	2008
Use in article (WP:NFCC#7)	Steve Hurd
Purpose of use in article (WP:NFCC#8)	To support the encyclopedic discussion in this article, and illustrate with a key example of how Hurd transforms found images of flag-draped coffins into blurry images to contemplate the tragedy of what the photos depict.
Not replaceable with free media because (WP:NFCC#1)	Any derivative work based upon the artwork would be a copyright violation, so the creation of a free image is not possible.
Minimal use (WP:NFCC#3)	Single usage, low resolution
Respect for commercial opportunities (WP:NFCC#2)	The use of a low-resolution image of the artist's artwork will not affect the artwork's commercial viability or lead to confusion with an original painting or any other possible commercial use by the artist.
Other information	Hurd's R.I.P. series of 2008, of chunky, pixelated paintings based on photographs of flag-draped coffins returning to the United States from the Iraq War. By hand-painting the digitized image, the artist has blurred it to contemplate the tragedy of war further.
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