Alfredo Ramos Martínez

The Bondage of War

c. 1939

A young person with closed eyes bound by thick ropes wrapped around their torso and shoulders.
A young person with closed eyes bound by thick ropes wrapped around their torso and shoulders.

Alfredo Ramos Martínez, The Bondage of War, c. 1939. Fabricated chalk and tempera on newsprint, sheet: 22 3/4 × 17 in. (57.8 × 43.2 cm) Image: 21 9/16 × 15 7/8 in. (54.8 × 40.3 cm) Mount (Irregular): 25 × 19 13/16 × 1/16 in. (63.5 × 50.3 × 0.2 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the Drawing and Print Committee 2021.21. © The Alfredo Ramos Martinez Research Project

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Date
c. 1939

Classification
Drawings

Medium
Fabricated chalk and tempera on newsprint

Dimensions
Sheet: 22 3/4 × 17 in. (57.8 × 43.2 cm) Image: 21 9/16 × 15 7/8 in. (54.8 × 40.3 cm) Mount (Irregular): 25 × 19 13/16 × 1/16 in. (63.5 × 50.3 × 0.2 cm)

Accession number
2021.21

Credit line
Purchase, with funds from the Drawing and Print Committee

Rights and reproductions
© The Alfredo Ramos Martinez Research Project

API
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