Luis Cruz Azaceta

The Actor
1981

A vibrant and colorful abstract painting depicting a profile of a figure with a distorted face, wearing a hat and a patterned garment. The background and the figure are filled with a variety of shapes, colors, and motifs, creating a psychedelic and dreamlike atmosphere.
A vibrant and colorful abstract painting depicting a profile of a figure with a distorted face, wearing a hat and a patterned garment. The background and the figure are filled with a variety of shapes, colors, and motifs, creating a psychedelic and dreamlike atmosphere.

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Date
1981

Classification
Drawings

Medium
Watercolor, colored pencil and pastel on paper

Dimensions
Sheet (sight): 44 1/8 × 26in. (112.1 × 66 cm)

Accession number
2019.18

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the Drawing Committee and Greg S. Feldman

Rights and reproductions
© Luis Cruz Azaceta

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artworks/60813

Luis Cruz Azaceta
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