DepartmentLatin America
Yemayá luces y estrella
NamePainting
Maker
Luis Eliadez Rodriguez
(Cuban, born 1941)
Date2012
Place madeBaracoa, Santiago de Cuba, Cuba, Caribbean
MediumOil paint on canvas
Dimensions32 1/16 × 22 1/4 × 1 3/16 in. (81.4 × 56.5 × 3 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, Gift of Stuart Ashman and Peggy Gaustad, A.2020.42.3
Object numberA.2020.42.3
ProvenancePurchased from artist by Barbara Windom, given to Peggy Gaustad upon Windom’s death
DescriptionCentral to this image is an African woman holding a fan and wearing and blue-and-white striped dress. On either side of her head are a round sun, star, round moon and a dove. The mid and lower background are filled with abstracted flora designs.
