DepartmentLatin America
Tropikal Andino, Puro Sentimiento
NamePoster
Artist
Artist unrecorded
Date2017
Place madeLima, Lima, Peru, South America
MediumPaper, ink
Dimensions28 1/4 × 19 3/4 in. (71.75 × 50.2 cm)
Print Size: 25 3/8 × 17 9/16 in. (64.5 × 44.6 cm)
Print Size: 25 3/8 × 17 9/16 in. (64.5 × 44.6 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, IFAF Collection, FA.2018.65.3
Terms
- value (economic concept)
Object numberFA.2018.65.3
ProvenancePurchased directly from the artists.
DescriptionThis poster is a serigraph print with a black ground. The words “TROPIKAL ANDINO” is written in green and fuchsia letters at the top center of the print. Below this there is a figure with a yellow face and a pink and blue headdress and cloths. The figure is holding staffs in each hand, and has blue and fuchsia snakes and jaguars to either side. Below the figure there is a moto-taxi, cup, and cobra. Below that there are mountains, two jaguar heads and a yellow stereo. Below the stereo are the words “PURO SENTIMIENTO” in black letters with a fuchsia ground.Artist unrecorded
early 15th century
c. 1960