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Seated Yucatan Woman

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Type
  
Bronze

Created
  
1973

Owner
  
Smithsonian Institution

Artist
  
Francisco Zúñiga

Year
  
1973

Seated Yucatan Woman

Dimensions
  
105.4 cm × 89.9 cm × 114.0 cm ( 41 ⁄2 in ×  35 ⁄8 in ×  44 ⁄8 in)

Location
  
Washington, D.C., United States

Similar
  
The Drummer, Post‑Balzac, Seated Woman on a Bench, Evocation of a Form: Human - L, Kauffmann Memorial

Seated Yucatán Woman is a bronze sculpture, by Francisco Zúñiga. It is an edition of four, one of which is located at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden.

The artist depicts the grace and dignity of peasant women in Mexico.

According to Ariel Zuñiga, the correct title of the piece is Juchiteca sentada (Seated Juchiteca).

References

Seated Yucatan Woman Wikipedia