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Sin título (Milicianos en un trinchera) (Untitled [Militiamen in a trench])

1937–1938

Kati Horna

Associated Names

Kati Horna

Artist, Mexican, born Austria-Hungary, 1912 - 2000

This is a photograph of a heavy machine gun setup inside a fortified position. The image shows a machine gun mounted on a bipod within a makeshift bunker or trench. Sandbags provide protection and various equipment is scattered around the area.

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Artwork overview

Medium

gelatin silver print
Credit Line

R. K. Mellon Family Foundation
Dimensions

image: 19.05 × 19.05 cm (7 1/2 × 7 1/2 in.)
Accession Number

2018.102.1
Copyright

© Ana María Norah Horna Fernandez. All Rights Reserved.

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Kati Horna, Mexico; by descent to granddaughter, Katy Polgovsky, Mexico City; NGA purchase (through Charles Isaacs Photographs, Inc, New York), 2018.

Associated Names

Isaacs, Charles

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