Giannina (La niña de la cuerda)
Artist
Osiris Delgado
(Puerto Rican, 1920-2017)
Date1965
Object number74.0864
Mediumoil on canvas
Dimensions41 9/16 × 31 5/8 in. (105.5 × 80.3 cm)
frame: 51 5/8 × 41 3/4 × 2 5/8 in. (131.1 × 106 × 6.7 cm)
frame: 51 5/8 × 41 3/4 × 2 5/8 in. (131.1 × 106 × 6.7 cm)
ClassificationsPainting
Credit LineMuseo de Arte de Ponce. The Luis A. Ferré Foundation, Inc.
Collections
DescriptionThis work, representative of the artist’s taste for genre scenes depicting the characters and customs of Puerto Rico, is part of a series of paintings Delgado made in the 1960s that depict children’s games and hobbies. The girl is totally self-absorbed, in a moment of uncertainty, about to decide her next move as she juggles the strings in this traditional game. The author employs his own children as models in these tender childhood scenes; in this example, his daughter Giannina.
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