Police and Detainees in the Quarters of the Civil Guard

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 2012.129
People: Baldomero Alejos, Peruvian (Amaupata in Huancavelica, Peru 1902-1976 Ayacucho, Peru)
Title: Police and Detainees in the Quarters of the Civil Guard
Classification: Photographs
Work Type: photograph
Date: 1930, printed 2005
Culture: Peruvian
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/340135

Physical Descriptions

Technique: Gelatin silver print
Dimensions: 24.1 x 17 cm (9 1/2 x 6 11/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Walter Alejos, (Ayacucho and later Lima, Peru 1976-2006) sold; to David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies, Harvard University (2006-2012) transferred; to the Harvard Art Museums, 2012.
NOTE: Information about acquisition provided by Jose Falconi, Curator for David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies, Harvard University

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Transfer from the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies, Harvard University, Estrellita Bograd Brodsky Fund for Latin American Art and Culture and Gustavo E. Brillembourg Memorial Fund
Accession Year: 2012
Object Number: 2012.129
Division: Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact: am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

Retouched: The Photographs of Baldomero Alejos, David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies, 03/08/2006 - 06/01/2006

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