
Juarez extending his arms in a cross form right before his execution (Primary Title)
Unidentified Press Photographer (Artist)
Stamp in purple ink on print recto: "Nov 28, 1927". Stamp in purple ink on print recto: Herold Tribune Art Department Stamp, with inscriptions in graphite within.
Remnants of newspaper caption adhered to print verso: "Augustin Pro Juarez, with outstretched arms in the sign of the Cross, facing the firing squad which put him to death in Mexico _day morning for complicity in the plot to assassinate Alvaro Obregon by bombing on Sunday, November 13". Inscribed in graphite on print verso: "4283" [encircled], "2" [encircled], "Daily" [encircled], and illegible print.
Kathleen Boone Samuels Memorial Fund
©artist or artist’s estate
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