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Alfredo Zalce Mexican
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Bikini is an atoll in the Ralik Chain of the Marshall Islands in the west-central Pacific Ocean. The area was the site of US nuclear tests between 1946 and 1958.
On the verso is another cancelled impression.
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Title: A skeleton holding a dagger and wearing a helmet decorated with a swastika hovering over an explosion on the island/reef of Bikini in the Pacific ocean
Artist:
Alfredo Zalce (Mexican, Pátzcuaro, Michoacán 1908–2003 Morelia)
Date: 1946
Medium: Linocut (final state)
Dimensions: Sheet: 19 1/2 in. × 13 in. (49.5 × 33 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1946
Object Number: 46.46.681
Rights and Reproduction: © 2025 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
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