Milagros de la Torre
Belts Used by Psychologist Mario Poggi to Strangle a Rapist during Police Interrogation
Artist
Milagros de la TorrePeruvian, born 1965
CulturePeruvian
Titles
- Belts Used by Psychologist Mario Poggi to Strangle a Rapist during Police Interrogation
- from the series Los pasos perdidos
Date1996
Place depictedLima, Peru
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 15 11/16 × 15 5/8 in. (39.9 × 39.6 cm)
Sheet: 19 7/8 × 15 7/8 in. (50.5 × 40.3 cm)
Sheet: 19 7/8 × 15 7/8 in. (50.5 × 40.3 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Photo Forum 1999
Object number99.493
Not on view
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Department
PhotographySpecial Collections
Object Type
Exhibition HistoryExhibited at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Lower Brown Corridor, "Contemporary Latin American Photography from the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston Collection", October 3, 2001 -January 27, 2002.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
The photograph is inscribed in pencil, verso, upper right: "102890-C"
The photograph is inscribed in pencil, verso, lower right: "BELTS USED BYPSYCHOLOGIST MARIO POGGI / TO STRANGLE A RAPIST DURING POLICE / INTERROGATION / 'LOS PASOS PERDIDOS' Milagros de la Torre / Lima, Perú 1996 / 7/15"
The photograph is inscribed in pencil, verso, lower right: "BELTS USED BYPSYCHOLOGIST MARIO POGGI / TO STRANGLE A RAPIST DURING POLICE / INTERROGATION / 'LOS PASOS PERDIDOS' Milagros de la Torre / Lima, Perú 1996 / 7/15"
The photograph is signed in pencil, verso, lower left "Milagros de la Torre"
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