Forró na Fazenda

NameWoodblock print

Artist Ivan Borges

Date2004

Place madeBezerros, Pernambuco, Brazil, South America

MediumPaper, ink

DimensionsPaper Size: 19 × 26 1/8 in. (48.2 × 66.4 cm)

Credit LineGift of Tesoros Trading Company

Terms

Bezerros

Object numberA.2013.32.4

DescriptionBlack print on light gray paper depicts three musicians and four couples dancing in front of a large house. Flanking the house is a picket-type fence, behind which are a bird and cactus to one side, and a cow, trough and tree on the other. Overhead are stars and a crescent moon. Self titled "FORRÓ NA FAZENDA" and signed in the print "IVAN BORGES" within a band along the bottom. Signed in pencil at proper bottom left "Ivan Borges 2004."