McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 399
Item
- Title
- McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 399
- Description
- Caption: Palace of Fine Arts, Interior beautiful marble effect - Mexico City." Pictured is the interior of the Palace of Fine Arts in Mexico City, with the famous mural, Man at the Crossroads, painted by Mexican artist Diego Rivera. The work was originally commissioned for New York's Rockefeller Center in 1933 but was destroyed for its perceived anti-capitalist themes. Rivera recreated it for the Palace of Fine Arts in 1934.
- Contributor
- Audrey Fullerton-Samora of Sacramento, great niece of William and Grace McCarthy, donated the William M. McCarthy Photograph Collection to the California State Archives in 1996.
- Coverage
- Mexico City, Mexico
- Date
- 1938
- Format
- JPEG, scanned at 400 DPI, 24-bit color
- Identifier
- 96-07-08-alb10-399
- Language
- English
- Publisher
- California State Archives, a division of the California Secretary of State's Office
- Rights
- © 2017 by the California State Archives, a division of the Secretary of State’s Office. Contact the owner for more information at ArchivesWeb@sos.ca.gov or (916) 653-2246.
- Source
- Image of an item within the William M. McCarthy Photograph Collection (96-07-08)
- Subject
- Palace of Fine Arts, Interior
- Type
- Still Image
- Media
- 96-07-08-alb10-399.jpg