Wall stencil based on Molotov Man, Matalgalpa, Nicaragua, from the project Nicaragua

Susan Meiselas, American, born 1948

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negative 1984; print 2012

Digital chromogenic color print

Sheet: 11 × 14 in. (27.9 × 35.6 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through a gift from Marina and Andrew E. Lewin, Class of 1981

2012.18.14

Geography

Place Made: United States, North America

Period

20th century

Object Name

Photograph

Research Area

Photograph

Not on view

Inscriptions

Inscribed, on reverse, lower center, in black ink: Wall stencil based on Molotov Man / Matalgalps, Nicaragua / 1984; signed, lower right, in black ink: Susan Meiselas

Course History

FILM 7, Social Justice Documentary: From Observer to Catalyst, Kylie Boltin, Winter 2013

GOVT 49.5, LACS 53, Protest and Parties in Latin America, Lisa Baldez, Fall 2014

ARTH 48.02, History of Photography, Katie Hornstein, Winter 2020

Provenance

Susan Meiselas Photography, New York, New York; sold to present collection, 2012.

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