Agustín Victor Casasola

A Village Evacuation During the Ten Tragic Days, February, 1913

Maker

Agustín Victor Casasola (Mexican, 1874-1938)

Title

A Village Evacuation During the Ten Tragic Days, February, 1913

Year

1913

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

silver print

Dimensions

38.1 x 50.5 cm (15 x 19 7/8 inches) (mount)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Stamped twice on verso with Casasola stamp

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Nancy Sayles Day Collection of Modern Latin American Art

Object Number

80.105

Type

Publications

Exhibition History

Raid the Icebox Now with Pablo Helguera
Inventarios / Inventories
Feb 07, 2020 – Aug 21, 2021
Collective Recollection
Jul 27, 2018 – Jan 20, 2019

Label copy

In documentary and journalistic photographs, depictions of crowds can underscore the gravity of dire circumstances. Agustín Victor Casasola composed his frame so that the line of evacuating civilians extends to either side, suggesting the large number of people affected by the Mexican Revolution’s Ten Tragic Days, during which Mexico City suffered catastrophic damage and thousands were killed.

"De Donde Vengo"
Selections from the Nancy Sayles Day Collection of Modern Latin American Art
Mar 15, 1996 – Apr 28, 1996
Migrations
Latin American Art and the Modernist Imagination
Feb 21, 1992 – Apr 26, 1992
Del Nuevo Mundo
The Nancy Sayles Day Collection of Latin American Art
Jun 17, 1988 – Sep 04, 1988

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Public Domain This object is in the Public Domain and available under a CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication

Tombstone

Agustín Victor Casasola (Mexican, 1874-1938)
A Village Evacuation During the Ten Tragic Days, February, 1913, 1913
Gelatin silver print
38.1 x 50.5 cm (15 x 19 7/8 inches) (mount)
Nancy Sayles Day Collection of Modern Latin American Art 80.105

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