Los Animales

NamePainting

Maker Ángel Llopiz Martínez (Cuban, born 1961)

Date2012

Place madeMella, Santiago de Cuba, Cuba, Caribbean

MediumOil paint on canvas

DimensionsFrame: 11 11/16 × 13 7/16 × 1 15/16 in. (29.7 × 34.2 × 5 cm)
Painting only: 10 5/8 × 12 3/16 × 1 3/16 in. (27 × 31 × 3 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, Gift of Stephen Luckman, A.2020.41.5

Object numberA.2020.41.5

ProvenancePurchased from artist by Peggy Gaustad; purchased from Gaustad by Julie Payne. Collected by the late Julie Payne and being offered by her widower, Steve Luckman. Payne was the daughter of early Hollywood actors Anne Shirley and John Howard Payne.

DescriptionA building with a red roof surrounded by greenery dominates the scene. Three people, one at the building door, one sitting on a chair, and one carrying a laden basket on their head join a number of animals on the pathway outside the home.