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Retrato de boda
Nahum B. Zenil1992
Museum of Latin American Art
Long Beach, United States
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Details
- Title: Retrato de boda
- Creator: Nahum B. Zenil
- Creator Lifespan: 1947
- Creator Nationality: Mexican
- Creator Gender: Male
- Creator Birth Place: Veracruz, Mexico
- Date Created: 1992
- Title translation: Wedding Portrait
- Physical Dimensions: w28 x h21 in
- About the Work: An openly gay artist, Nahum Zenil uses his own image to explore ideas of Mexican male identity, belonging and intimate relationships. Combining his likeness with traditional Mexican icons and symbols, he questions the idea of the macho male and his relationship to Mexican culture. In Wedding Portrait, every member of the wedding party has Zenil’s face, regardless of age, gender or familial status.
- Type: Print
- Rights: Robert Gumbiner Foundation Collection
- External Link: Museum of Latin American Art
- Medium: Lithograph on paper
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