Salmo 16 y Salmo 48 (Psalm 16 and Psalm 48), from Los Salmos (The Psalms)

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Salmo 16 y Salmo 48 (Psalm 16 and Psalm 48), from Los Salmos (The Psalms)

Antonio Martorell (American, born in Puerto Rico, born in 1939)
Text by: Ernesto Cardenal (Nicaraguan, born in 1925)

1971

Medium/Technique Woodcut with calligraphy

Dimensions Sheet: 31 x 43.5 cm (12 3/16 x 17 1/8 in.)

Credit Line Gift of Efraín Barradas in memory of Pilar Vázquez de Barradas

Accession Number2009.4358

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsContemporary Art, Americas, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

InscriptionsRecto, in graphite, below: 100/200 Martorell; printed calligraphy on sheet: Salmo 16 ~ Ernesto Cardenal El gobernante gordo lleno de condecoraciones y serié y cree que no morirá nunca y no sabe que es como esos animales sentenciados a morir el día de la fiesta ~ Salmo 48 ~ los que tienen repletas sus refrigeradoras y sus mesas llenas de sobras y dan el caviar a los perros ~

ProvenanceThe artist; given to Efraín Barradas; by whom given to the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (Accession Date: September 16, 2009)