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Ignacio Aguirre
Prison and Death for the Malcontents in the North of the Country. 1909 (Prisión y muerte de los descontentos en el norte del país. 1909)1947

Not on view
Woodcut print in black ink on cream paper, crowd of figures in a dark cobblestoned courtyard with a large cloaked figure and a pale, ghostly form in the upper right

Ignacio Aguirre, Prison and Death for the Malcontents in the North of the Country. 1909 (Prisión y muerte de los descontentos en el norte del país. 1909), 1947, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Jules and Gloria Heller, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Ignacio Aguirre
Mexico, 1900-1990
Title
Prison and Death for the Malcontents in the North of the Country. 1909 (Prisión y muerte de los descontentos en el norte del país. 1909)
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.2003.92.84
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.