Luis' Mother
Brooklyn Museum photograph
Object Label
Titi in Window and Luis’s Mother are part of a series of works completed by John Ahearn and his collaborator, Rigoberto Torres, in the Longwood neighborhood of the South Bronx. Starting in 1979 and continuing throughout the 1980s, a time when this community was struggling economically and socially, Ahearn and Torres created plaster castings of their neighbors and friends. The two sculptors would often cast their subjects on the sidewalk, and then display the finished busts publicly on walls in the neighborhood.
Caption
John Ahearn American, born 1951. Luis' Mother, 1986–1987. Oil on reinforced polydam, 33 × 20 × 8 in. (83.8 × 50.8 × 20.3 cm) mount: 33 × 19 × 9 in. (83.8 × 48.3 × 22.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Cheryl and Henry Welt in memory of Abraham Joseph Welt, 87.194.3. © artist or artist's estate (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 87.194.3_PS11.jpg)
Gallery
Not on view
Collection
Gallery
Not on view
Collection
Artist
Title
Luis' Mother
Date
1986–1987
Medium
Oil on reinforced polydam
Classification
Dimensions
33 × 20 × 8 in. (83.8 × 50.8 × 20.3 cm) mount: 33 × 19 × 9 in. (83.8 × 48.3 × 22.9 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Cheryl and Henry Welt in memory of Abraham Joseph Welt
Accession Number
87.194.3
Rights
© artist or artist's estate
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