En busca del mural de Camilo Egas en la Feria Mundial de 1939

Abstract

The article discusses the mural that the Ecuadorian artist Camilo Egas prepared for  the  flag  of  Ecuador  in  the  New  York  World’s  Fair  of  1939.  The  author  reviews the details related to the making of the work ordered by the Ecuadorian government and the reactions it provoked among those attending the exhibition, Ecuadorian diplomats and other government officials. The author describes some aspects of its abandonment once the exhibition concluded and the task of identifying documents testifying to the case.