Sol y Flores Para Liora
1997
62 1/2 x 42 3/8 in. (158.8 x 107.6 cm)
Juan Sanchez
United States
Object Type:
Collage
Medium and Support:
Photolithograph, collagraph, acrylic paint and silk flowers on handmade paper
Credit Line:
Marion Stratton Gould Fund
Accession Number:
2008.31
Location: Not currently on view
Printer:
Maryanne Ellison Simmons
Publisher:
Island Press, St. Louis, MO
Translated as “Sun and Flowers for Liora,” this work contains many references to the things most precious in the artist’s life. Liora, the artist’s daughter, dominates the top section of the image while Puerto Rican Taino Indian symbols throughout the composition refer to Sanchez’s heritage.
[Gallery label text, 2008]