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El Salvador

El Salvador

Artist/Maker (English, b. 1951)
Date1982–83
MediumPhoto-etching
DimensionsImage: 5 3/4 × 8 7/8 in. (14.6 × 22.5 cm)
Sheet: 7 × 10 1/4 in. (17.8 × 26 cm)
Credit LineSpecial Acquisitions Fund
EditionArtist's Proof
Object number1984.21
Status
Not on view
Copyright© Sue CoeMore Information
Social activism, marginalized peoples, and animal rights have for decades been among the themes of Coe’s work, along with consumption, corruption, and the negative effects of capitalism. Here she addresses the Salvadoran Civil War, fought from 1979-1992 between the government of El Salvador and the Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front (FMLN), a coalition of left-wing groups. Ronald Reagan’s and Richard Nixon’s faces appear at left, above figures both tortured and killed.
Exhibition History
Love, Glory and Guns: Images of Peace and War from the Permanent Collection
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (October 3, 1986 - November 16, 1986 )
Images of War: Ritual and Reality
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (August 15, 1995 - October 22, 1995 )
Prints Since 1960
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (August 25, 1998 - November 1, 1998 )
Print Portfolios Since 1960
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (November 6, 1998 - December 20, 1998 )
Beyond the Barricade
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (July 16, 2022 - December 23, 2022 )
Collections
  • Modern & Contemporary
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