Death from the Air

© Luis Quintanilla

Death from the Air

Currently not on view

Death from the Air,

1937

Luis Quintanilla, Spanish, 1893–1978
x1948-1820

Information

Title
Death from the Air
Dates

1937

Maker
Luis Quintanilla
Medium
Pen and black ink
Dimensions
43 x 29 cm (16 15/16 x 11 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Frank Jewett Mather Jr.
Object Number
x1948-1820
Signatures
Signed and dated in graphite, lower right corner: Luis Quintanilla | 1937
Inscription
in graphite, on verso lower right corner: inscribed on old mount | Death from the Air | 38.178
Culture
Spanish
Type
drawings
Materials
ink, wove paper
Subject
carts, children (people by age group), men, figures (representations), airplanes, women

Frank Jewett Mather Jr.

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