Luis Cruz Azaceta

The Rafter
1994

A colorful artwork featuring an abstract figure with a distorted face and open mouth, set against an orange background with a grid-like pattern and black circular shapes. The figure appears to be emerging from a dark brown shape at the bottom. The right side of the image contains vertical text elements. The artwork has a white border with artist signatures and edition numbers at the bottom.
A colorful artwork featuring an abstract figure with a distorted face and open mouth, set against an orange background with a grid-like pattern and black circular shapes. The figure appears to be emerging from a dark brown shape at the bottom. The right side of the image contains vertical text elements. The artwork has a white border with artist signatures and edition numbers at the bottom.

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Date
1994

Classification
Prints

Medium
Screenprint

Dimensions
Sheet: 29 7/8 × 23 7/8in. (75.9 × 60.6 cm) Image: 24 1/8 × 18 1/4in. (61.3 × 46.4 cm)

Accession number
95.216.3

Series
Five

Edition
41/47 | 15 APs, 5 PPs

Publication
Printed by Watanabe Studio, Brooklyn; published by Snitzer/Michaels Editions

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of Ruth and Richard Shack

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist’s estate

API
artworks/9950

Luis Cruz Azaceta
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