La Ventana (The Window)

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La Ventana (The Window)
La Ventana (The Window)
Artist/Maker (Puerto Rican, born Brooklyn, NY, United States, 1922 – 2008)
Date1964
MediumLinocut on rice paper
DimensionsComposition: 13 3/4 × 17 5/8 in. (34.9 × 44.8 cm) Sheet: 19 5/8 in. × 25 in. (49.8 × 63.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of Elbert Lenrow, Class of 1923
Object number1984.363
On view
DescriptionKnown as the “Painter of the People,” Rafael Tufiño was one of Puerto Rico’s most eminent cultural figures. Based in New York City and Puerto Rico, Tufiño centered local subjects in his work, mentored artists from the island, co-founded Taller Boricua workshop and art collective in 1970, and supported the establishment of El Museo del Barrio in East Harlem.
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Provenance 1984: Hamilton College (Fred L. Emerson Gallery), by gift of Elbert Lenrow;
prior to 1984:Elbert Lenrow, by purchase via subscription from the International Graphic Arts Society.
Markings Blind stamp at lower left: GALERIA / COLIBRI
Signature Signed and dated in pencil at lower right: R. Tufino 64
Inscribed Entitled in pencil at lower center; La Ventana; editioned in pencil at lower left: 24/200; inscribed in pencil at lower right: Raphael Tufino
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