Deshojando Maiz

NamePainting

Maker Luis Tellez Breff (Cuban)

Date2016

Place madeMella, Santiago de Cuba, Cuba, Caribbean

MediumOil paint on canvas

DimensionsFrame: 14 3/16 × 18 7/8 × 1 3/16 in. (36 × 48 × 3 cm)
Painting only: 13 × 17 11/16 × 11/16 in. (33 × 45 × 1.7 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, Gift of Stephen Luckman, A.2020.41.9

Object numberA.2020.41.9

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.

DescriptionIn the image's background is an A-frame building and a pinkish building with a frond roof and a porch with a black-and-white checked floor. Two men head toward the the A-from: one, with low-slung paints, holds a walking stick; the other carries a white sack on his shoulder. In the foreground are three seated women shucking corn and a man holding a shovel.