Agustín Víctor Casasola
Niño Soldado

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Artist Agustín Víctor Casasola (Mexican, 1874–1938)Mexican, 1874–1938

CultureMexican

Titles

Niño Soldado
Child Soldier

DateJune 1914, printed later

Place depictedMexico

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsImage: 7 1/2 × 9 3/8 in. (19.1 × 23.8 cm)
Sheet: 7 15/16 × 9 15/16 in. (20.2 × 25.2 cm)

Credit LineGift of Mike and Mickey Marvins

Object number2015.607

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Photography

Special Collections

Object Type

PHOTOGRAPHS

DescriptionThe Mexican photojournalist Augustín Casasola’s Child Soldier might seem a vivid portrayal of children’s make-believe were it not a true depiction of adulthood thrust too early upon youth, here during the Mexican Revolution: Antonio Gómez Delgado was just ten when he enrolled in Pancho Villa’s Northern Division of the Constitutionalist Army on July 2, 1910.
ProvenanceThe artist's granddaughter, Mexico City; purchased by Michael Marvins and Michele Marvins, Houston; given to MFAH, 2015.
Exhibition History“A Photographer’s Collection: Gifts from Michael and Michele Marvins,” The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, April 4–July 5, 2015.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

recto lower right on the image an embossed stamp: Fotografia / Casasola / Praga No.16 / México
verso center a stamp: BAZAR DE FOTOGRAFIA / CASASOLA / PRAGA NO.16 564-92-14 / MEXICO 06600

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