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Cholita Ayacuchana (Young Girl from Ayacucho) MoMA(3s)

ID 1403

 

José Sabogal Peruvian 1888-1956

 

Cholita Ayacuchana (Young Girl from Ayacucho) , c. 1937

 

Oil on wood

 

A prominent artist, educator, and writer, Sabogal played a pivotal role in founding the artistic movement known as indigenism in Peru in the 1920s. In Cholita Ayacuchana (Young Girl from Ayacucho), an indigenous woman is set against a neutral tan background. Crowned by a wide-brimmed straw hat, her hair falls in two cascading braids on either side of her face. Her gaze is directed at the viewer. Sabogal’s portrayal of this young, self-possessed woman contrasted with most contemporaneous representations of the marginalized Indigenous peoples in the highlands of Peru.

 

Inter-American Fund, 1942

 

From the Placard: MoMA Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY

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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Sabogal

 

www.infobae.com/peru/2024/03/18/jose-sabogal-el-artista-q...

 

 

 

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