Woman's Blouse or Huipil
Brooklyn Museum photograph
Object Label
A founding member of the Abstract Expressionist group known as the New York School, Richard Pousette-Dart began producing large, actively painted compositions of mystically symbolic shapes in the 1940s. Inspired by Native American, African, and Oceanic art, as well as the philosophy of Carl Jung, he strived toward a universal formal language through which to convey transcendent spiritual truths. His finest canvases are complexly constructed and have the effect of emitting light. The artist wrote in 1957, “A work of art for me is a window . . . or a doorway to every other human being. It is my contact and union with the universe.”
Caption
Maya. Woman's Blouse or Huipil, 1930s or 1940s. Cotton, silk, 30 x 31 in. (76.2 x 78.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift in memory of Elizabeth Ege Freudenheim, 2005.15.1. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 2005.15.1_PS1.jpg)
Gallery
Not on view
Collection
Gallery
Not on view
Collection
Culture
Title
Woman's Blouse or Huipil
Date
1930s or 1940s
Geography
Place made: Chichicastenango, El Quiche, Guatemala
Medium
Cotton, silk
Classification
Dimensions
30 x 31 in. (76.2 x 78.7 cm)
Credit Line
Gift in memory of Elizabeth Ege Freudenheim
Accession Number
2005.15.1
Rights
Creative Commons-BY
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