Lot #187: AGUSTIN VICTOR CASASOLA - Emiliano Zapata, Retrato Rostro - Gelatin silver print

 

Artist: Agustin Victor Casasola (Mexican, 1874 - 1938).
Title: "Emiliano Zapata, Retrato Rostro [Mexico]".
Medium: Gelatin silver print.
Date: Composed c1910. Printed later from the original negative.
Dimensions: Overall size: 14 x 11 in. (356 x 279 mm).
Lot Note(s): Casasola Studios embossed blindstamp seal, lower right. Thick Foma Bohemia photographic paper. Fine, quality printing. Fine condition; affixed to very thin and supple archival acid-free support sheet, not mount/board. Provenance: Private collection, Mexico City. Comment(s): This riveting image was included in the exhibition "The Mexican Revolution and Beyond: From the Casasola Archives, 1900-1940" at El Museo del Barrio, 1230 Fifth Avenue at 104th Street, New York City, 2005. The Casasola Archive was acquired from the heirs of Agustin Victor Casasola by the Mexican government in 1976. No photographs from the Archive have been printed for public distribution since then. [23179-3-400]