La Curandera

Carmen Lomas Garza, La Curandera, ca. 1974, hand-colored etching and aquatint on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Tomás Ybarra-Frausto, 1995.50.60, © 1974, Carmen Lomas Garza
Carmen Lomas Garza, La Curandera, ca. 1974, hand-colored etching and aquatint on paper, image: 13 7817 34 in. (35.345 cm) sheet: 16 1220 38 in. (41.951.8 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Tomás Ybarra-Frausto, 1995.50.60, © 1974, Carmen Lomas Garza

Artwork Details

Title
La Curandera
Date
ca. 1974
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
image: 13 7817 34 in. (35.345 cm) sheet: 16 1220 38 in. (41.951.8 cm)
Copyright
© 1974, Carmen Lomas Garza
Credit Line
Gift of Tomás Ybarra-Frausto
Mediums Description
hand-colored etching and aquatint on paper
Classifications
Subjects
  • Figure group
  • Occupation — medicine
  • Occupation — religion
  • State of being — illness
  • Architecture Interior — domestic — bedroom
  • Recreation — church — prayer
Object Number
1995.50.60

Works by this artist (8 items)

Injured Miner
Dateca.1937
lithograph on paper
Not on view
Bernard Steffen, Blown Soil, n.d., lithograph, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Audrey McMahon, 1968.98.14
Blown Soil
Daten.d.
lithograph
Not on view
Bernard Steffen, Starvation, ca. 1935-1943, lithograph on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Jean Nichols, 1974.38.74
Starvation
Dateca. 1935-1943
lithograph on paper
Not on view
Bernard Steffen, Windy Day, ca. 1935-1939, lithograph on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Audrey McMahon, 1968.98.13
Windy Day
Dateca. 1935-1939
lithograph on paper
Not on view

Exhibitions

Media - 2012.53.1 - SAAM-2012.53.1_1 - 82036
¡Printing the Revolution! The Rise and Impact of Chicano Graphics, 1965 to Now
November 20, 2020August 8, 2021
In the 1960s, activist Chicano artists forged a remarkable history of printmaking that remains vital today.

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