El Grito / The Scream
Artist
Yolanda Andrade
(Mexican, born 1950)
Date1985
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 8 3/16 × 12 1/4 inches (20.8 × 31.12 cm)
Sheet: 10 7/8 × 13 7/8 inches (27.62 × 35.24 cm)
Sheet: 10 7/8 × 13 7/8 inches (27.62 × 35.24 cm)
Credit LinePurchase: acquired through the generosity of the Beckett Art Purchases Fund in memory of Samuel and Ethel Beckett
Object number2023.4.1
SignedSigned on sheet verso, lower right, in pencil.
InscribedOn sheet verso, lower left, in pencil: ""El grito"";
On sheet verso, lower right, in pencil: "Ciudad de México 1985".
Markingsnone
On View
Not on viewCollections
DescriptionImage of a man screaming; his mouth wide-open, head tilted back, and hands raised to his shoulders. He wears a mask over the top part of his face with a long piece of fabric extending down the back. A crowd of people are gathered in the background.ProvenanceYolanda Andrade, Mexico;
Charles Isaacs Photographs, Inc., New York, NY;
Purchased from Charles Isaacs Photographs, Inc., New York, NY, by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2023.
Copyright© Yolanda Andrade
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