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Narsiso Martinez
Mission-Precious Cargo2023

On view: BCAM 2nd Floor Lobby
Large mixed-media work on assembled flattened cardboard boxes, combining painted vineyard rows and grape clusters with a central caricatured crowned figure holding a wine bottle and glass, layered over original packaging text and graphics

Narsiso Martinez, Mission-Precious Cargo, 2023 (alternate view), Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Purchased with funds provided by AHAN: Studio Forumn, 2024, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA, by Jonathan J. Urban

Artist or Maker
Narsiso Martinez
Oaxaca, born 1977
Title
Mission-Precious Cargo
Date Made
2023
Medium
Acrylic, ink, charcoal, collage, and matte gel on produce cardboard boxes
Dimensions
87 x 174 In (220.98 x 441.96 cm)
Credit Line
Purchased with funds provided by AHAN: Studio Forumn, 2024
Accession Number
M.2025.20
Classification
Paintings
Collecting Area
Contemporary Art
Copyright
© Narsiso Martinez, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA, by Jonathan J. Urban

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