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Carlos Garaicoa Manso
Project for Instruments of Torture (Proyecto para instrumentos de tortura)1995-1999

Not on view
Graphite drawing on cream paper, architectural rendering of a neoclassical building facade with a large gear-and-scroll sculpture in a plaza, with Spanish text along the bottom edge
Sepia-toned photograph, close-up of a metal pipe and mechanical fittings mounted on a weathered concrete wall, with curved iron railings at left and a blurred city roofscape visible in the background.
Brass and iron mechanical device mounted on a flat rectangular brass plate, featuring a toothed gear wheel, a curved arm with raised lettering reading "PATO," and a sliding track assembly with small adjustable components.

Carlos Garaicoa Manso, Project for Instruments of Torture, 1995-1999, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Purchased with funds provided by Leslie and John C. Dorman, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Carlos Garaicoa Manso
Cuba, born 1967
Title
Project for Instruments of Torture (Proyecto para instrumentos de tortura)
Place Made
Cuba
Date Made
1995-1999
Medium
Graphite on paper, gelatin-silver print, mixed media
Dimensions
Overall: 29 3/7 x 37 in. (74.75 x 93.98 cm)
Credit Line
Purchased with funds provided by Leslie and John C. Dorman
Accession Number
M.2001.134a-c
Classification
Photographs
Collecting Area
Photography
Copyright
© Carlos Garaicoa