Artist
Pedro A. Valtierra Ruvalcaba Mexican, born 1955
CultureMexican
Titles
- Niño en la cárcel
- Child in Jail
Date1979
PlaceTlalnepantla, Mexico
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 12 7/16 × 8 5/16 in. (31.6 × 21.1 cm)
Sheet: 14 × 10 15/16 in. (35.6 × 27.8 cm)
Sheet: 14 × 10 15/16 in. (35.6 × 27.8 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 number91.219
Not on view
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Department
PhotographySpecial Collections
Object Type
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscription: Inscribed in pencil on verso sheet, upper left: "114".
Signed and inscribed in pencil on verso sheet, bottom center "Pedro Valtierra/ nino en la carcel/ 1979".
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Helen Zout
1987
Gelatin silver print
2000.881
