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Object Details

Artist

Myrna Báez, born Santurce, Puerto Rico 1931-died San Juan, Puerto Rico 2018

Exhibition Label

Báez focused her gaze on a lush field of plantain trees, a crop long wedded to concepts of Puerto Rican identity and sovereignty. She depicted the crop’s large leaves as they reflect the tropical sun and delighted in her manipulation of paint on unprimed canvas. Báez’s belief in Puerto Rican independence manifests in her impulse to look, depict, and therefore possess the island’s landscape on her own terms.

Our America: The Latino Presence in American Art, 2013

Credit Line

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Jaime Fonalledas

Date

1974

Object number

2013.21

Restrictions & Rights

Usage conditions apply

Type

Painting

Medium

acrylic on canvas

Dimensions

45 x 35 in. (114.3 x 88.9 cm)

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Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection

Department

Painting and Sculpture

Data Source

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Metadata Usage

Not determined

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk7d53dd985-fe4c-45f0-a3d2-396bac6b1871

Record ID

saam_2013.21