Retrieval of a drowned person in Lake Xochimilco with the public reflected in the water (Rescate de un ahogado en Xochimilco con público reflejado en el agua)
Retrieval of a drowned person in Lake Xochimilco with the public reflected in the water (Rescate de un ahogado en Xochimilco con público reflejado en el agua)

© Enrique Metinides

Retrieval of a drowned person in Lake Xochimilco with the public reflected in the water (Rescate de un ahogado en Xochimilco con público reflejado en el agua)
Retrieval of a drowned person in Lake Xochimilco with the public reflected in the water (Rescate de un ahogado en Xochimilco con público reflejado en el agua)

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Retrieval of a drowned person in Lake Xochimilco with the public reflected in the water (Rescate de un ahogado en Xochimilco con público reflejado en el agua),

1960, printed 2006

Enrique Metinides, Mexican, born 1934
2007-92

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Title
Retrieval of a drowned person in Lake Xochimilco with the public reflected in the water (Rescate de un ahogado en Xochimilco con público reflejado en el agua)
Dates

1960, printed 2006

Maker
Enrique Metinides
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
image: 35 x 52.8 cm (13 3/4 x 20 13/16 in.) sheet: 50.8 x 61 cm (20 x 24 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase, David L. Meginnity, Class of 1958, Fund
Object Number
2007-92
Place Made

North America, Mexico, Mexico City

Culture
Mexican
Type
gelatin silver prints, black-and-white photographs, photographs
Techniques
gelatin silver process
Subject
groups of people, deaths, swimming, reflections, lakes

Purchased by Princeton University Art Museum

Xochimilco, Mexico City

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