The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of December 22, 2025

Brothers Collecting Shells

2013

Fidencio Fifield-Perez

(Mexican, b. 1990)
Mexico, 21st Century
color linocut
Image: 91.4 x 61 cm (36 x 24 in.); Sheet: 101.6 x 67.3 cm (40 x 26 1/2 in.); Matted: 116.8 x 86 cm (46 x 33 7/8 in.)
Gift of Friends of the Department of Prints and Drawings 2015.38
© Fidencio Fifield-Perez
Location: Not on view

Did You Know?

Although the title inscribed on the print reads "El Rio" (River), the artist later changed the title to the one seen here.

Description

Fidencio Fifield-Perez crossed the border from Mexico to the United States as a young boy, and this experience has informed prints such as this one. Two boys, presumably the artist and his brother, stand knee-deep in water, working together to gather shells. In such images, Fidencio-Perez hopes to highlight the everyday lives of immigrants.
  • 2015
    (Fidencio Fifield-Perez, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH)
    2015-
    Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • A Graphic Revolution: Prints and Drawings in Latin America. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 14-August 2, 2020).
    Fresh Prints: The Nineties to Now. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 22-July 26, 2015).
    Somewheres and Nowheres: New Prints 2014/Autumn, Selected by Nicola López. International Print Center, New York (October 25 - December 13, 2014).
  • {{cite web|title=Brothers Collecting Shells|url=false|author=Fidencio Fifield-Perez|year=2013|access-date=22 December 2025|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2015.38