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Las armas (The Weapons)

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Las armas (The Weapons)
Image non disponible pour Las armas (The Weapons)
ArtistMexican, born 1952
CultureMexican
Titles
  • Las armas (The Weapons)
Date1985
PlaceMexico
MediumGelatin silver print
Dimensionsimage: 7 5/8 × 11 1/4 inches (19.4 × 28.6 cm)
 sheet: 10 1/4 × 13 11/16 inches (26.0 × 34.8 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Houston Hispanic community and the Wortham Foundation, The Brown Foundation, Inc., the Frees Foundation, and the Comite Patriotico Mexicano
Object number91.199
Non exposé

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Department
Photography
Object Type
ProvenancePedro Meyer, Mexico City; purchased by MFAH, 1991.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscription: Inscribed in pencil on verso sheet, upper left: "94".
Signed and inscribed in pencil on verso sheet, upper left: "(C)PABLO ORTIZ MONASTERIO/ POM/ 1985./ "LAS ARMAS"". In inscription, "(C)" stands for copyright symbol. The letters "POM" are superimposed on each other and are the artist's signature.

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