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1972

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1994

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2025

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Poster, El Dominio del Fuego (The Taming of Fire)

This is a Poster. It was designed by Luis Vega de Castro, Cuban, b. 1944. It is dated 1972 and we acquired it in 1994. Its medium is screenprint on wove paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

It is credited Museum purchase from Smithsonian Institution Collections Acquisition Program Fund and through gift of Anonymous Donors.

  • Print, Design for the Ten-Deck House
  • mimeograph print, brush and blue watercolor on white paper.
  • Museum purchase from Smithsonian Institution Collections Acquisition Program....
  • 1991-53-1

Its dimensions are

75.9 x 50.8 cm (29 7/8 x 20 in. )

Cite this object as

Poster, El Dominio del Fuego (The Taming of Fire); Designed by Luis Vega de Castro, Cuban, b. 1944; Cuba; screenprint on wove paper; 75.9 x 50.8 cm (29 7/8 x 20 in. ); Museum purchase from Smithsonian Institution Collections Acquisition Program Fund and through gift of Anonymous Donors; 1994-65-13

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