Octavio Medellin / El Ahorcado (The Hanged One) / c. 1942

Octavio Medellin
El Ahorcado (The Hanged One)
c. 1942
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Creator Name: Medellin, Octavio
Creator Dates/Places: Mexican, 1907 - 1999
Creator Name-CRT: Octavio Medellin
Title: El Ahorcado (The Hanged One)
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Creation Start Date: 1940
Creation End Date: 1944
Creation Date: c. 1942
Object Type: Sculpture
Materials and Techniques: Black walnut
Dimensions: Overall: 42 x 10 1/2 x 10 in. (106.68 x 26.67 x 25.4 cm.)
AMICA Contributor: Dallas Museum of Art
Owner Location: Dallas, Texas, USA
ID Number: 1943.9
Credit Line: Dallas Museum of Art, Kiest Memorial Purchase Prize, Fourteenth Annual Dallas Allied Arts Exhibition, 1943
Rights: http://www.DallasMuseumofArt.org
Context: Darge received his training at the Art Institute of Chicago and worked in commercial illustration until the onset of the Great Depression. He came to Texas in the early 1930s and spent the remainder of his life capturing the culture and history of central Texas and the Big Bend Country. "Survival of the Fittest "captures the clarity and heat of the West Texas landscape as well as the precarious existence of its inhabitants. In a face-off with the snake, the roadrunner has momentarily forgotten its prey, the grasshopper, who may be the ultimate survivor in that harsh environment.
AMICA ID: DMA_.1943.9
AMICA Library Year: 2003
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