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René de los Santos
born Santiago, Dominican Republic 1953
Cigüita Cibaeña en Nueva York
2010
linocut and screenprint on paper
Santos perches a cigüita, a bird indigenous to parts of the Caribbean and Latin America, on a tree branch looking down on the George Washington Bridge in Manhattan. The bird, whose head assumes the face of a woman, hovers over the city, claiming it as her new habitat.
Museum purchase made possible by the R. P. Whitty Company and the Cooperating Committee on Architecture, 2013.28.3.3 |