Retrato múltiple del pintor H. Jaimes Sánchez (Portraits of the Painter Humberto Jaimes Sánchez

1957

José Luis Cuevas

Associated Names
José Luis Cuevas

Artist, Mexican, 1934 - 2017

The image contains a collection of sketches featuring humanoid figures with exaggerated and abstract features. The top left sketch shows a seated figure with large facial features and hair. Below it, there is another figure with an enlarged head and intense eyes. To the right is a standing figure with a shadowy upper body and a grin. Additional sketches depict human faces and figures in abstract forms with emphasis on eyes and heads. The sketches are executed with fine lines and shadows on a beige canvas, with handwritten text at the bottom.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pen and black ink with brown ink (rubbed) over graphite on paperboard

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Adeline and Sidney R. Yates

  • Dimensions

    overall: 51 x 65.9 cm (20 1/16 x 25 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1998.114.1


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Mr. and Mrs. Sidney R. Yates; gift to NGA in 1998.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

lower left in pen and ink: Retrato múltiple / del pintor H. Jaimes Sánchez; lower left in graphite: Philadelphia Nov. 57. / Cuevas 57.

Wikidata ID

Q64591042

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