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rafa esparza
...we are the mountain2019

On view: David Geffen Galleriesrafa 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

rafa esparza, ...we are the mountain, 2019 (alternate view), Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 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 Foundation, with funds provided by Kevan and Norma Newton., photo by Kaelan Burkett

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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