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Alfredo Zalce
Forced Labor in the Valle Nacional. 1890–1900 (Trabajos forzados en el Valle Nacional. 1890-1900)1947

Not on view
Black and white print of a quarry scene, a uniformed armed guard crouching over a collapsed figure while laborers swing pickaxes in the distance
Artist or Maker
Alfredo Zalce
Mexico, Michoacán, Pátzcuaro, 1908-2003
Title
Forced Labor in the Valle Nacional. 1890–1900 (Trabajos forzados en el Valle Nacional. 1890-1900)
Date Made
1947
Medium
Linocut
Dimensions
10 5/8 × 15 3/4 in. (26.99 × 40.01 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Jules and Gloria Heller
Accession Number
M.2003.92.77
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.
Copyright
© The Estate of Alfredo Zalce / Artists Rights Society (ARS) New York / SOMAAP, Mexico