Mural featuring Nicaraguan folk legends including the 'Molotov Man', Masaya, Nicaragua, 1986
Sandinista poster to raise a popular militia, Nicaragua, 1982

© Susan Meiselas / Magnum Photos

Mural featuring Nicaraguan folk legends including the 'Molotov Man', Masaya, Nicaragua, 1986
Sandinista poster to raise a popular militia, Nicaragua, 1982

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Mural featuring Nicaraguan folk legends including the 'Molotov Man', Masaya, Nicaragua, 1986,

1986

Susan Meiselas, born 1948, Baltimore, MD; active New York, NY
2016-41.12

Information

Title
Mural featuring Nicaraguan folk legends including the 'Molotov Man', Masaya, Nicaragua, 1986
Dates

1986

Maker
Susan Meiselas
Medium
Chromogenic print
Dimensions
23.5 × 35.2 cm (9 1/4 × 13 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase, Bagley Wright Fund
Object Number
2016-41.12
Place Depicted

North America, Nicaragua, Masaya Department, Masaya

Culture
American
Type
chromogenic color prints, photographs
Materials
paper (fiber product)
Techniques
color photography
Subject
firearms, men, revolutions, skeleton, devils, murals, flags, figures (representations), Nicaraguan

Susan Meiselas Studio, New York, NY;

purchased by Princeton University Art Museum, 2016.

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