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Arturo García Bustos
The Boy Heroes of Chapultepec. (1847) [Los niños héroes de Chapultepec. (1847)]1947

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Woodcut print in black ink on cream paper, a large figure grips a staff over a massive hunched animal amid swirling lines and tangled forms below

Arturo García Bustos, The Boy Heroes of Chapultepec. (1847) [Los niños héroes de Chapultepec. (1847)], 1947, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Jules and Gloria Heller, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Arturo García Bustos
Mexico, 1926-2017
Title
The Boy Heroes of Chapultepec. (1847) [Los niños héroes de Chapultepec. (1847)]
Date Made
1947
Medium
Linocut
Dimensions
19 1/2 × 12 3/4 in. (49.53 × 32.39 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Jules and Gloria Heller
Accession Number
M.2003.92.41
Classification
Prints
Collecting Area
Latin American Art
Provenance
Taller de Gráfica Popular, Mexico City, 1947; Dr. Jules Heller (1919–2007), Scottsdale, Arizona, 1947; LACMA, 2003.