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Sin título, del portafolio Grabado en el Paraguay [Untitled, from the portfolio Printmaking in Paraguay]
Sin título, del portafolio Grabado en el Paraguay [Untitled, from the portfolio Printmaking in Paraguay]

Sin título, del portafolio Grabado en el Paraguay [Untitled, from the portfolio Printmaking in Paraguay]

Primary (Asunción, Paraguay, 1952–present)
NationalityParaguayan, South America
Date1974
MediumColor woodcut and collagraph
Edition Info8/100
DimensionsSheet: 21 13/16 × 15 1/4 in. (55.4 × 38.7 cm)
Credit LineBlanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin, Gift of Robert L. Michael, 2003.104.8
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Rights Statement
Collection AreaPrints and Drawings
Object number2003.104.8/8
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Salerno’s collographs (direct impressions) of keys can be read as metaphors of Paraguay’s long dictatorship under General Stroessner. The broken key is symbolic of a lack of freedom or social justice, and of imprisonment. The use of a humble, everyday object, and the simplicity of the technique are typical of Salerno’s attempt to charge the utilitarian with a political message. The last key in the series is complete, a sign of hope that the repression will end some day.
Exhibitions
Image Not Available for De la serie "Plegables" [From the "Foldable" series]
De la serie "Plegables" [From the "Foldable" series]
Osvaldo Salerno
2004
Object number: 2005.160.a-h
Image Not Available for Sin título, del portafolio Grabado en el Paraguay [Untitled, from the portfolio Printmaking in Paraguay]
Sin título, del portafolio Grabado en el Paraguay [Untitled, from the portfolio Printmaking in Paraguay]
Alberto Méndez
1974
Object number: 2003.104.6/8
This image is for study only, and may not accurately represent the object’s true color or scale…
¿Y vió Dios que lo hecho era bueno; y en el 7º día, descansó de todas las obras que había creado?, del portafolio Grabado en el Paraguay [And God Saw Everything That He Had Made Was Good; and on the Seventh Day He Rested From All His Work Which He Had Made?, from the portfolio Printmaking in Paraguay]
Lotte Schulz
1974
Object number: 2003.104.7/8
This image is for study only, and may not accurately represent the object’s true color or scale…
Manzanas, del portafolio Grabado en el Paraguay [Apples, from the portfolio Printmaking in Paraguay]
Edith Jiménez
1974
Object number: 2003.104.5/8
This image is for study only, and may not accurately represent the object’s true color or scale…
Figura, del portafolio Grabado en el Paraguay [Figure, from the portfolio Printmaking in Paraguay]
Olga Blinder
1974
Object number: 2003.104.2/8
This image is for study only, and may not accurately represent the object’s true color or scale…
Rey-Torre-Alfil, del portafolio Grabado en el Paraguay [King-Rook-Bishop, from the portfolio Printmaking in Paraguay]
Leonor Cecotto
1974
Object number: 2003.104.3/8
Image Not Available for Las lluvias, del portafolio Grabado en el Paraguay [The Rains, from the portfolio Printmaking in Paraguay]
Las lluvias, del portafolio Grabado en el Paraguay [The Rains, from the portfolio Printmaking in Paraguay]
Lívio Abramo
1970
Object number: 2003.104.1/8
Image Not Available for La ventana, del portafolio Grabado en el Paraguay [The Window, from the portfolio Printmaking in Paraguay]
La ventana, del portafolio Grabado en el Paraguay [The Window, from the portfolio Printmaking in Paraguay]
Carlos Colombino
1974
Object number: 2003.104.4/8
Con el usurero, del portafolio 13 grabados en madera [At the Pawn Brokers, from the portfolio 13 Woodcuts]
Con el usurero, del portafolio 13 grabados en madera [At the Pawn Brokers, from the portfolio 13 Woodcuts]
David Alfaro Siqueiros
1931
Object number: 2018.213.1
El esclavo, del portafolio 13 grabados en madera [The Slave, from the portfolio 13 Woodcuts]
El esclavo, del portafolio 13 grabados en madera [The Slave, from the portfolio 13 Woodcuts]
David Alfaro Siqueiros
1931
Object number: 2018.213.4
This image is for study only, and may not accurately represent the object’s true color or scale…
Segunda bienal de grabado latinoamericano en San Juan de Puerto Rico [Second Bienal of Latin American Printmaking in San Juan, Puerto Rico]
Lorenzo Homar Gelabert
1972
Object number: 1982.697
Las esposas de los deportados, del portafolio 13 grabados en madera [The Wives of the Deportees, from the portfolio 13 Woodcuts]
Las esposas de los deportados, del portafolio 13 grabados en madera [The Wives of the Deportees, from the portfolio 13 Woodcuts]
David Alfaro Siqueiros
1930
Object number: 2018.34