Artist
Helen Zout(Argentinean, born 1957)Argentinean, born 1957
CultureArgentinean
Titles
- Victor M. Basterra
Date2000
PlaceArgentina
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 9 1/4 × 13 15/16 in. (23.5 × 35.4 cm)
Sheet: 11 × 15 15/16 in. (27.9 × 40.5 cm)
Sheet: 11 × 15 15/16 in. (27.9 × 40.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of Dave Wilson and Cheryl Alston
Object number2004.186
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Department
PhotographySpecial Collections
Object Type
Marked on verso along the left edge, printed and script: "HELEN ZOUT Helen Zout 2000"
Typed label on verso upper center: "Victor M. Basterra, ex arrested-disappeared. He was abducted at / the Escuela de Mecánica de la Armada (ESMA) for more than three years. During his captivity, he was forced to take / photographs of the repressors so as to perform false documents for / them. From those photographs, Mr Basterra could get copies / which helped to know the faces of many repressors; in 1985, those / photographs were used as evidence in the lawsuit against the ex / commanders of the military dictatorship. La Plata, 2000."
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