- Title
- The Painted Cock (El gallo pintado)
- Date Made
- 1941
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 25 3/4 × 21 in. (65.41 × 53.34 cm)
Frame: 27 × 22 1/2 × 1 1/4 in. (68.58 × 57.15 × 3.18 cm)
- Accession Number
- M.2016.128.3
- Collecting Area
- Latin American Art
- Curatorial Notes
Avant-garde Cuban artist Mariano Rodríguez (known as Mariano) created many paintings of roosters throughout his career. Connected to traditions of rural guajiro farming communities and the Afro-Cuban religion Santería, the rooster is an iconic image of Cuban pride and masculinity. This painting features a single majestic rooster, with his feathers painted in the colors of the Cuban flag: red, white, and blue.
Ilona Katzew, 2017
- Selected Bibliography
- Gifts from Mary and Robert Looker, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, December 2017. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2017.
