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Carlos Almaraz
Early Hawaiians1983

Not on view
Large horizontal triptych oil painting with thick, gestural brushwork depicting figures among tall dark trees beside luminous blue water under a magenta and gold sky
Oil painting with energetic brushwork depicting three figures on a beach at dusk, rendered in deep oranges and browns against a vivid pink and yellow sky, with blue ocean and dark mountain silhouette in the background.
Oil painting with expressive, gestural brushwork depicting two figures among dark vertical tree trunks, a glowing crescent moon in a pink and yellow sky visible in the background, rendered in deep blues, reds, and oranges.
Oil painting of four loosely rendered figures in deep red-orange tones standing before a vibrant background of sweeping yellow, blue, and pink brushstrokes, with vertical dark forms and scattered white light points above.

Carlos Almaraz, Early Hawaiians, 1983, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of William H. Bigelow, III, Photo © Museum Associates/ LACMA

Artist or Maker
Carlos Almaraz
Mexico, 1941-1989
Title
Early Hawaiians
Place Made
Mexico, active United States
Date Made
1983
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
72 × 163 in. (182.88 × 414.02 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of William H. Bigelow, III
Accession Number
M.91.288a-c
Classification
Paintings
Collecting Area
Contemporary Art
Selected Bibliography
  • Marin, Cheech. Chicano Visions: American Painters on the Verge. Boston, New York and London: Little Brown and Company, 2002.
Copyright
© The Carlos Almaraz Estate