Tzompantli

© Ismael Vargas

Tzompantli

Currently not on view

Tzompantli,

1994

Ismael Vargas, Mexican, born 1947
2001-138

Information

Title
Tzompantli
Dates

1994

Maker
Ismael Vargas
Medium
Acrylic on linen
Dimensions
99.2 × 75.2 cm (39 1/16 × 29 5/8 in.) frame: 103.3 × 78.8 x 5 cm (40 11/16 × 31 x 2 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of David L. Meginnity, Class of 1958
Object Number
2001-138
Place Made

North America, Mexico, Mexico City

Signatures
Signed in black, lower right: Ismael Vargas
Culture
Mexican
Type
acrylic paintings, paintings
Materials
acrylic paint, canvas
Subject
skull (skeleton component), crosses (objects), eyes, hills

Iturralde Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (by 2000; sold to Meginnity); David L. Meginnity, Class of 1958, Santa Monica, CA and New Smyrna Beach, FL (until 2001; bequest to the Princeton University Art Museum).

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