La cantina

Date: 1936

Medium: Woodcut

Dimensions (cm.): 10.1 x 8.4

Published edition: Unknown

Contemporary publication: Unknown. An impression held by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, is annotated “Ilustración para un libro de lectura.”

Principal references: Information to be added

Selected public collections: AIC; MFAH; NNA; MUNAE; NMMA

Commentary: What at first glance looks like a simple scene from a cowboy western of a barroom shooting takes on deeper meaning when the shooter is recognized as Benito Mussolini and the laughing bartender as Adolf Hitler. (Peter Schneider)

Comentario: Lo que a primera vista parece una simple escena de una película de vaqueros con un tiroteo en una cantina adquiere un significado más profundo cuando se reconoce al tirador como Benito Mussolini y al camarero sonriente como Adolfo Hitler. (Peter Schneider)

Catalogue record number:  561