Alegria de Sertanejo

NameWoodblock print

Artist Ivan Borges

Date2006

Place madeBezerros, Pernambuco, Brazil, South America

MediumPaper, ink

DimensionsPaper Size: 26 1/16 × 18 7/8 in. (66.2 × 48 cm)

Credit LineGift of Tesoros Trading Company

Terms

Bezerros

Object numberA.2013.32.6

DescriptionColor print on white paper of a red horse with baskets loaded with pineapples on it's back, followed by a bearded man with a hoe. Behind the man a woman in a red dress has one arm raised. Behind this scene is a barbed wire fence, behind which are trees, cactus and two birds. All depicted over a blue ground, which is dotted below the wavy horizon line. Self titled "ALEGRIA DE SERTANEJO"and signed in the print "IVAN BORGES" in a black band along bottom edge. Signed in pencil underneath "Ivan Borges 2006."