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Oil Boom

2015, printed 2023

Cara Romero

Associated Names

Cara Romero

Artist, Chemehuevi, born 1977

The image contains an assortment of vertical and diagonal lines forming an abstract composition. A fluid, swirling shape resembling a human dancer is depicted alongside silhouetted oil pump jacks below. The dancer's dynamic posture and flowing garment suggest the motion of a sea creature moving through a current.

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Artwork overview

Medium

inkjet print
Credit Line

Gift of Funds from Renée Harbers Liddell
Dimensions

image: 101.6 × 100.33 cm (40 × 39 1/2 in.)
sheet: 111.76 × 110.49 cm (44 × 43 1/2 in.)
Accession Number

2024.45.2
Series Title

Water Memories

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Cara Romero, Santa Fe, NM; NGA purchase, 2024.

Associated Names

Romero, Cara

Inscriptions

signed by artist, lower right below image in black ink: Cara Romero; lower left: 4/5; lower center: "OIL BOOM"

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