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Head of a Woman

Date1947

Maker Emilio Amero Born Ixtlahuaca, Mexico, 1901; died Norman, Oklahoma, 1976

Label TextAmero brought a distinctly Mexican style of modern art to Seattle when he taught at the University of Washington and the Cornish School of the Arts in the years between 1941 and 1947. Just as the Northwest’s modern artists absorbed the strongly graphic signs in Northwest Coast native art, Amero drew upon ancient indigenous Mexican art, creating simple compositions that are reminiscent of stone carving. He also liked the motifs, colors, and ritual associations of textiles, an ancient Mexican art form, and included them as colorful blankets and headdress.

Object number47.134

Provenancethe artist; purchased by the Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington, September 29, 1947 [as Woman]

Exhibition HistoryMexico City, Museo Casa Estudio Diego Rivera y Frida Kahlo, Resisting Oblivion, November 26, 2008-March 8, 2009 (Oaxaca, Museum de Artes Graficas, March 27-May 8, 2009). No catalogue.

Credit LineEugene Fuller Memorial Collection

Dimensions18 1/4 x 15 1/2 in. (46.4 x 39.4 cm)

MediumTempera on panel