The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of June 25, 2022

The Victim

1946

Ignacio Aguirre

(Mexican, 1900-1990)

Mexico, 20th century

Linocut

Support: Wove paper

Image: 17.9 x 24.6 cm (7 1/16 x 9 11/16 in.); Sheet: 23.5 x 34.7 cm (9 1/4 x 13 11/16 in.)

Gift of Phyllis Sloane 2001.224

© Ignacio Aguirre

Location

not on view

Fun Fact

After years of working at the Taller de Gráfica Popular, Ignacio Aguirre eventually became the print shop's director during the 1950s.

Description

Ignacio Aguirre was associated with the Taller de Gráfica Popular, a print shop in Mexico City that encouraged artists to make politically-oriented work. Although Aguirre did not identify the victim or his companion in this work, the striking spotlight on the pair suggests a sense of drama and unease.

Inscriptions

Inscription

signed at lower right, in black ink: N. Aguirre 46

Provenance
?-2001
Phyllis Sloane, Cleveland, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
2001-
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Exhibition history

A Graphic Revolution: Prints and Drawings in Latin America. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 14-August 2, 2020).

Source URL: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2001.224