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Teal and brown abstract figurative original print by Chicano artist Amado Maurilio Peña Jr. This piece depicts a native elderly …
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Teal and brown abstract figurative original print by Chicano artist Amado Maurilio Peña Jr. This piece depicts a native elderly woman with long, white hair in profile view wearing a patterned tan garment and a teal beaded necklace. Signed by the artist at the top right corner.
Dimensions Without Frame: H 25.5 in. x W 18 in.
Artist Biography: Amado Maurilio Peña Jr. (born 1943) is an American visual artist and art educator of Mexican and Yaqui ancestry. He is known as an important Mexican American artist who emerged from the historical Chicano Movement. He works primarily in printmaking. His artwork was featured in the Chicano Art: Resistance and Affirmation exhibition.
Amado M. Peña Jr. was born in the border town of Laredo, Texas, in 1943. He received bachelor's and master's degrees in art and education at Texas A&M University-Kingsville. He has taught art at various Texas schools in Laredo, Crystal City, and Austin. Peña refers to himself as Mestizo due to his mixed Mexican and Yaqui ancestry, which informs his artistic practice. He is a member and recognized as an artisan in the Pascua Yaqui Tribe of Arizona.
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- Dimensions
- 25ʺW × 0.63ʺD × 33.25ʺH
- Styles
- Figurative
- Frame Type
- Framed
- Period
- 1980s
- Country of Origin
- United States
- Item Type
- Vintage, Antique or Pre-owned
- Materials
- Printmaking Materials
- Condition
- Good Condition, Original Condition Unaltered, Some Imperfections
- Color
- Brown
- Condition Notes
- Excellent condition Excellent condition less
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