José Chavez Morado
Danza de machetes (Dance of the Machetes)

Danza de machetes (Dance of the Machetes)
Danza de machetes (Dance of the Machetes)
Danza de machetes (Dance of the Machetes)
ArtistMexican, 1909–2002
CultureMexican
Titles
  • Danza de machetes (Dance of the Machetes)
Date1939
PlaceMexico
MediumLithograph, edition 17/35
DimensionsImage: 12 × 17 1/8 in. (30.5 × 43.5 cm)
Sheet: 19 1/2 × 25 1/4 in. (49.5 × 64.1 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Friends of Freda Radoff
Object number56.35
Not on view

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Object Type
Provenance Research Ongoing Exhibition History"Calaveras Mexicanas:The Art and Influence of José Guadalupe Posada," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, September 13 - December 15, 2013.

Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
bottom left below image in pencil: 17/35; bottom right corner in pencil: A55-40-h; verso top left in pencil: CR / J53-13; bottom left edge reading vertically: Dance
bottom right below image in pencil: CHAVEZ / MORADO[underlined[ / 39; printed on the image lower right: Ch.M.

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