Zócalo de la tragedia
Beatriz González
Colombian, 1938–2026
1983
A large linocut that transforms a cropped, suit‑clad figure from press imagery into a stark, emblematic scene, part of a six‑print series where the artist turns news photographs into public memory.
You notice at once the flat planes of maroon against creamy paper, the tight cropping and thin white lines that fragment the body like a grid, making a familiar, slumped pose feel monumental and unsettling.
González used the language of popular print and reportage to make images that comment on mourning and political life, helping to shift Latin American art toward a critical, civic appropriation of mass‑media visuals.
Medium
One from a set of six linoleum cuts
Dimensions
sheet: 39 1/2 × 27 15/16" (100.3 × 71 cm)
Classification
Department
Credit
Latin American and Caribbean Fund
Accession
1370.2009.4
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