Object number2023.4.10

Juchiteca sentada

Date1975

Artist Francisco Zúñiga (Costa Rica, Mexico, b. Guadalupe, Costa Rica, 1912 - 1998)

CultureCosta Rican, Mexican

MediumBrown conte crayon

DimensionsImage: 19 x 24 1/2 in. (48.3 x 62.2 cm)
Framed: 22 1/2 x 28 1/8 x 1 3/8 in. (57.1 x 71.4 x 3.5 cm)

Credit LineBequest of Lynn Gross Straus, class of 1946

Period20th c

Classification(s)

Drawings and Watercolors

SignedOn recto, signed lower left corner in charcoal: Zúñiga

InscribedOn recto, by artist, lower left corner in charcoal: 1975

Catalogue raisonnéFundación Zúñiga Laborde, online catalogue #4626A

Vassar Exhibitions

A Living Legacy: Gifts from Lynn Gross Straus

Label TextBorn in Costa Rica to sculptor parents, Francisco Zúñiga immigrated to Mexico in 1936 and became internationally renowned for his figurative paintings and sculptures. He took inspiration from the monumental stone sculptures of the indigenous peoples of the Americas, often depicting women with an emphasis on dignity, volume, and form.

DescriptionA depiction of a woman seated in a low chair, turned slightly to her right side with her arms raised and hands on her hair. She wears a simple, loose dress and her feet are bare. The work is composed of smudges of shadow and thin lines.

Terms

female

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