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Calida Rawles
The Space in Which We Travel2019

Not on view
Oil painting of two figures submerged in churning blue water, viewed from directly above, their distorted forms rendered in brown, gold, and white amid swirling foam
Artist or Maker
Calida Rawles
United States, Delaware, Wilmington born 1976, active California, Los Angeles
Title
The Space in Which We Travel
Date Made
2019
Medium
Acrylic on canvas
Dimensions
86 1/16 × 144 1/8 × 2 in. (218.6 × 366.08 × 5.08 cm)
Credit Line
Purchased with funds provided by Allison and Larry Berg and an anonymous donor
Accession Number
M.2020.147
Classification
Paintings
Collecting Area
Contemporary Art
Selected Bibliography
  • Kim, Christine Y., and Myrtle Elizabeth Andrews, editors. Black American Portraits: From the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; New York: DelMonico Books-D.A.P., 2023.
  • Calida Rawles: Away with the Tides. Miami: Pérez Art Museum Miami, 2024.
  • Lawson, Dhyandra. Imagining Black Diasporas: 21st Century Art & Poetics. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2024.
Selected Exhibition History
  • View From Here: Recent Acquisitions. July 26, 2020 - September 12, 2021
  • View From Here: Recent Acquisitions. July 26, 2020 - September 12, 2021