FIESTA

Artist MINERVA TEICHERT (1888-1976)

Datec.1940

CountryWyoming, USA

MediumOil on panel

Dimensions63.5 x 91.4 cm (25 x 36") (Image)

ClassificationsPainting

Credit LineBrigham Young University Museum of Art

Terms

Object number820038101

DescriptionA wide arch with palms on both right and left serves as a backdrop for a group of musicians and a couple dancing. The four musicians, three seated and one standing, are all dressed in traditional Mexican costumes including large sombreros. The dancers take center stage, the male figure wearing white with a red waist sash and a sombrero, the female figure wears a long flowing skirt, white blouse and a red scarf around her neck. The floor on which they dance has a checkered board pattern.

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