Silhouettes and cops (Siluetas y cana), from the series The silhouette action (El siluetazo), Buenos Aires

© Eduardo Gil

Silhouettes and cops (Siluetas y cana), from the series The silhouette action (El siluetazo), Buenos Aires

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Silhouettes and cops (Siluetas y cana), from the series The silhouette action (El siluetazo), Buenos Aires,

September 21–22, 1983

Eduardo Gil, Argentinian, born 1948
2013-73

Information

Title
Silhouettes and cops (Siluetas y cana), from the series The silhouette action (El siluetazo), Buenos Aires
Dates

September 21–22, 1983

Maker
Eduardo Gil
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
image: 31 x 50 cm. (12 3/16 x 19 11/16 in.) sheet: 50 x 60 cm. (19 11/16 x 23 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase
Object Number
2013-73
Place Depicted

South America, Argentina, Buenos Aires

Culture
Argentine
Type
photographs, gelatin silver prints, black-and-white photographs
Techniques
gelatin silver process
Subject
silhouettes, text, politics, policemen, figures (representations)

Purchased by Princeton University Art Museum, 2013

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