Undocumented

Visual Connections for ¡Printing the Revolution! The Rise and Impact of Chicano Graphics, 1965 to Now

How would you describe the figure in Malaquias Montoya's print and the white-shirted man in this famous 19th-century painting by Francisco de Goya?

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Malaquias Montoya, Undocumented, 1980, signed 1981, screenprint on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Frank K. Ribelin Endowment, 2015.29.2, © 1981, Malaquias Montoya

An artwork image of people lined up by gunfire

The Third of May 1808, © Museo Nacional del Prado / Art Resource, NY