A skeleton holding a dagger and wearing a helmet decorated with a swastika hovering over an explosion on the island/reef of Bikini in the Pacific ocean

1946

Dating: Exact year
Held at: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Medium: Linocut (2nd state)
Dimensions: Sheet: 19 1/2 in. × 13 in. (49.5 × 33 cm)
Collection no.: 46.46.679
Attribution: By the artist

Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

About this artwork

A skeleton holding a dagger and wearing a helmet decorated with a swastika hovering over an explosion on the island/reef of Bikini in the Pacific ocean — Alfredo Zalce. 1946.

Medium: Linocut (2nd state). Dimensions: Sheet: 19 1/2 in. × 13 in. (49.5 × 33 cm).

Collection record: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.

Credit line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1946.

This is a museum catalogue record, not a current-display assertion.

Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.

Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.

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