Sleeping Figure
Artist
Trixi Allina
(Colombian, born 1950)
Date1986
Object number90.1702a-d
Mediumceramic and bronze on wood table
Dimensionsassembled: 36 × 23 1/2 × 15 7/16 in. (91.4 × 59.7 × 39.2 cm)
torso: 7 1/2 × 9 11/16 × 18 3/8 in. (19.1 × 24.6 × 46.7 cm)
femur: 1 3/4 × 3 3/8 × 8 1/8 in. (4.4 × 8.6 × 20.6 cm)
tibia: 7 3/4 × 2 1/2 × 1 15/16 in. (19.7 × 6.4 × 4.9 cm)
table: 28 1/4 × 23 1/2 × 15 7/16 in. (71.8 × 59.7 × 39.2 cm)
torso: 7 1/2 × 9 11/16 × 18 3/8 in. (19.1 × 24.6 × 46.7 cm)
femur: 1 3/4 × 3 3/8 × 8 1/8 in. (4.4 × 8.6 × 20.6 cm)
tibia: 7 3/4 × 2 1/2 × 1 15/16 in. (19.7 × 6.4 × 4.9 cm)
table: 28 1/4 × 23 1/2 × 15 7/16 in. (71.8 × 59.7 × 39.2 cm)
ClassificationsCeramic
Credit LineMuseo de Arte de Ponce. The Luis A. Ferré Foundation, Inc.
Gift of the artist
DescriptionAbstract human figure in blackened clay with bronze additions. Allina works with the human figure, in counterpoint with everyday objects, as a kind of commentary on the world of women. The eruption of El Armero volcano in 1985 is the origin of this expressionist work. The mutilated body, blackened by the reduction, evokes the pain and suffering of her people.
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ca. 1890
