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rafa esparza
...we are the mountain2019

On view:
Geffen Galleries, rafa esparza: ...we are the mountain
Large-scale mixed-media work on four rough, earth-toned panels; a painted child in a teal shirt reaches upward with both hands against the textured surface
Artist or Maker
rafa esparza
United States, born 1981
Title
...we are the mountain
Date Made
2019
Medium
Acrylic on adobe panel (local dirt, horse dung, hay, Hoosic River water, chain-link fence, plywood)
Dimensions
92 × 180 × 1 3/4 in. (233.68 × 457.2 × 4.45 cm)
Credit Line
The Los Angeles County Museum of Art, with funds provided by AHAN: Studio Forum, 2020 Art Here and Now purchase, and the Vincent Price Art Museum, with funds provided by the Vincent Price Art Museum Foundation, and Kevan and Norma Newton
Accession Number
M.2020.215a-d
Classification
Paintings
Collecting Area
Contemporary Art
Copyright
© rafa esparza, photo by Kaelan Burkett

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