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Enrique Chagoya
Hand of Power1993

Not on view
Oil painting of two oversized disembodied hands rising from red earth beneath a teal sky, surrounded by floating small objects including a gold bar, an oil derrick painted on the larger hand's palm, and a small figurative image

Enrique Chagoya, Hand of Power, 1993, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Paule Anglim Gallery and Enrique Chagoya, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Enrique Chagoya
Mexico, active United States, born 1953
Title
Hand of Power
Place Made
United States
Date Made
1993
Medium
Oil on tin with galvanized steel frame
Dimensions
Overall: 48 1/4 x 48 1/4 x 3 3/4 in. (122.56 x 122.56 x 9.53 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Paule Anglim Gallery and Enrique Chagoya
Accession Number
M.2002.196
Classification
Paintings
Collecting Area
Contemporary Art
Copyright
© Museum Associates/ LACMA According to the Deed of Gift or the Purchase Agreement, the Museum now owns copyright of the above object(s). It is permissible to photograph or reproduce the above object(s) for any purpose or in any manner. The above credit line must be used verbatim.