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Kathy Vargas, Oracion: Valentine’s Day/ Day of the Dead (Chest), ca. 1990, Gelatin silver print…
Oracion: Valentine’s Day/Day of the Dead (chest)
Kathy Vargas, Oracion: Valentine’s Day/ Day of the Dead (Chest), ca. 1990, Gelatin silver print…
Kathy Vargas, Oracion: Valentine’s Day/ Day of the Dead (Chest), ca. 1990, Gelatin silver print with applied color, 22 3/8 x 17 ¼ in. Collection of the New Mexico Museum of Art. Gift of Lucy R. Lippard, 1999 (1999.15.205). © New Mexico Museum of Art. Photo by Blair Clark.

Oracion: Valentine’s Day/Day of the Dead (chest)

Artist (American, b. 1950)
Datecirca 1990
MediumGelatin silver print, with applied color
DimensionsMat: 30 × 23 7/8 in. (76.2 × 60.6 cm)
Support: 23 3/4 × 19 7/8 in. (60.3 × 50.5 cm)
Image: 22 3/8 × 17 1/4 in. (56.8 × 43.8 cm)
ClassificationsPhotograph
Credit LineGift of Lucy R. Lippard, 1999
Object number1999.15.205
DescriptionPhoto montage o rib cage hanging from the sternum is a cord holding a heart shape milagro. Row of arrows pointing away. Bordering the top & R side also a fragment of the arrow pattern in lower L.
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