Collection: Donn Borcherdt Collection / Names: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México / Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Ethnomusicology Archive - UCLA Library Digital Collections Search Results

Description:: Faculty of Sciences, Esplanade of Prometheus courtyard, with the sculpture titled El Prometeo Quetzalcoatl, by the Columbian sculptor Rodrigo Arenas Betancourt, completed in 1952.
Date:: between 1960-1964
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Borcherdt, Donn
Collection:: Donn Borcherdt Collection

Description:: Three-dimensional mural by David Alfaro Siqueiros, on the Rectory building (Rectoría de la Máxima Casa de Estudios at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, titled "Mexican History" or the "Right for Culture", created 1952-1956.
Date:: between 1960-1964
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Borcherdt, Donn
Collection:: Donn Borcherdt Collection

Description:: Detail of the lower portion of a glazed (mosaic) mural by the artist Francisco Eppens Helguera in 1952. It is located on the south wall of the Faculty of Dentistry. The inscription in the lower left corner "MOSAICOS VENECIANOS DE MEXICO SA" documents the role of this company in the production of the mosaic.
Date:: between 1960-1964
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Borcherdt, Donn
Collection:: Donn Borcherdt Collection

Description:: The "Conquest of Energy," a mural by José Chávez, created in 1952, is located on the north face of the Alfonso Caso Auditorium (former Faculty of Sciences and Postgraduate Unit).
Date:: between 1960-1964
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Borcherdt, Donn
Collection:: Donn Borcherdt Collection

Description:: Close-up view of courtyard flagstones, one with a graffiti inscription.
Date:: between 1960-1964
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Borcherdt, Donn
Collection:: Donn Borcherdt Collection

Description:: Detail of the lower portion of a glazed (mosaic) mural by the artist Francisco Eppend Helguera in 1952. It is located on the south wall of the Faculty of Dentistry. The inscription in the lower left corner "MOSAICOS VENECIANOS DE MEXICO SA" documents that the mosaic tiles were created by the, then new, company Mosaicos Venicianos de Mexico, S.A.
Date:: between 1960-1964
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Borcherdt, Donn
Collection:: Donn Borcherdt Collection

Description:: Faculty of Sciences, Esplanade of Prometheus courtyard, with the sculpture titled El Prometeo Quetzalcoatl, by the Columbian sculptor Rodrigo Arenas Betancourt, completed in 1952. The sculpture is placed in a reflecting pool with animal head fountains.
Date:: between 1960-1964
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Borcherdt, Donn
Collection:: Donn Borcherdt Collection

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