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This image is for study only, and may not accurately represent the object’s true color or scale…
Don't Cry for Me, Argentina
This image is for study only, and may not accurately represent the object’s true color or scale…
This image is for study only, and may not accurately represent the object’s true color or scale. It should not be shared or reproduced without permission by the copyright holder.

Don't Cry for Me, Argentina

Primary (Rosario, Argentina, 1956–)
NationalityArgentinean, South America
Date1995
MediumCardboard, photograph
DimensionsAdditional Dimension: 4 1/2 × 9 1/4 in. (11.4 × 23.5 cm)
Credit LineBlanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin, Gift of the artist, 2005.208
Rights Statement
Collection AreaLatin American Art
Object number2005.208
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Active in Rosario, Claudia del Río was included in Edgardo Antonio Vigo’s network of mail artists and often corresponded with him. They exhibited together in Mar del Plata, Argentina, in 1993, with Vigo designing the catalogue. In “Don’t Cry for Me, Argentina,”” del Río cites the famous Andrew Lloyd Webber song featured in the musical and film Evita, a geographic reference she reinforces with the dual maps of Argentina