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Juan Carlos Alóm Jiménez
Healing the Earth (Curando la tierra)1997

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Black and white photograph of two glass boxes, each containing a human skull beneath a layer of sand from which bamboo stalks grow upward, with handwritten inscriptions along the bottom edge

Juan Carlos Alóm Jiménez, Healing the Earth (Curando la tierra), 1997, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Purchased with funds provided by the Ralph M. Parsons Fund, digital image © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Juan Carlos Alóm Jiménez
Title
Healing the Earth (Curando la tierra)
Place Made
Cuba
Date Made
1997
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
Image: 15 7/8 × 19 13/16 in. (40.32 × 50.32 cm) Primary support: 15 7/8 × 19 13/16 in. (40.32 × 50.32 cm) Mat: 22 × 28 in. (55.88 × 71.12 cm)
Credit Line
Purchased with funds provided by the Ralph M. Parsons Fund
Accession Number
M.2002.16
Classification
Photographs
Collecting Area
Photography
Copyright
© Juan Carlos Alóm