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Muer Del Andes
John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, photography credit Joel Benjamin
Muer Del Andes
John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, photography credit Joel Benjamin
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Muer Del Andes

Artifact IDMO 63.124
Object Type Painting
Date 1960
Date Presented10/23/1963
Artist (Mural Painter, Bolivian 1914-1975)
Gifter
Place of GiftWashington, D.C., United States
Medium Oil on canvas
DimensionsFramed H 34 in x W 27 in (86.4 cm x 68.6 cm )
Physical DescriptionOil painting of three women of the Andes wearing serapes rendered in muted earth tones. The figures are painted in a monumental style with sharp geometric outlines. The center figure faces forward and wears a turquoise serape with yellow trim, the two background figures face to the left. The painting is in a simple painted wood frame.
Historical NotePresident Victor Estenssoro of Bolivia, presented this painting to President Kennedy at the White House on October 23, 1963. The artist, Miguel Alandia Pantoja, was a well known Bolivian painter who created the mural decorations in the Government Palace and the Legislative Palace and executed paintings for the Presidential office in La Paz. Stylistically his work was influenced by the Mexican muralists of the 1920s and 30s.
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Custodial History NoteItem was a gift from a foreign official to the President and First Lady received through the Executive office and transferred to the General Service Administration where it was held until donated to the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum by the Estate of President John F. Kennedy in 1965.
Credit LineJohn F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston, MA; Gift of the Estate of President John F. Kennedy
National Archives Catalog CollectionJohn F. Kennedy Library Museum Collection (National Archives Identifier 1676934)
National Archives Catalog SeriesGifts from Heads of State (National Archives Identifier 1677008)
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