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Preview image of work. vintage gelatin silver print, Dog on Master's Grave 32876

2017.4.3

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Dog on Master's Grave

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Artist

Manuel Carrillo (Mexico City, Mexico, 1906 - 1989, Mexico City, Mexico)

Title

Dog on Master's Grave

Creation Date

n.d.

Century

20th century

Dimensions

11 x 14 in. (27.94 x 35.56 cm)

Classification

Photographs

Creation Place

North America, Mexico

Medium and Support

vintage gelatin silver print

Credit Line

Gift of Christopher Foundation for the Arts, Elizabeth Hayes Christopher, Class of 1986 and Scott Christopher

Copyright

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Accession Number

2017.4.3

In this photograph of a faithful dog guarding the master’s grave, ears perked and at attention, Manuel Carrillo pictures, quite literally, the convergence of life and death. Alluding to the tradition of Catholicism, suggested by the cruciform gravestone and its promise of ever-lasting life for those who honor its tenets, Carrillo poetically prompts the viewer to consider the meaning of death and the nature of the choices that define our character and our legacy. Emma Adrain ’21 “. . . Ella se había convertido en mi obsesión. Por alto esté el cielo en el mundo, por hondo que sea el mar profundo.” “. . . She had become my obsession. As high as the heaven is, as deep as the ocean is.” José Emilio Pacheco Las batallas en el desierto (1980)