Cabeza de Nina Negra, Signed Exhibited at the Museo Guayasamín

Oswaldo Guayasamín creates a soulful and insightful portrait of a young black girl. The artist is known for his sensitive depictions of the raw human condition, systemic injustice, and the struggles of Latin America's Indigenous populations. At the time, blacks in Ecuador represented less than 4 percent of the population and were discriminated against by the ruling classes. This rare painting features a subject who was most likely from the port city of Guayaquil.
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Signed lower right.
"Cabeza de Nina Negra"
Oil and mixed media on paper mounted on board
Signed lower right: Guayasamin; titled by repute
14.5" H x 19.625" W
Frame under glass to 26 x 20.25
Provenance:
Museo Guayasamín, Quito, Ecuador
Private collection, Evansville, IN, purchased from the above
Private collection, Evansville, IN, acquired from the above by descent
Notes:
This lot is accompanied by a copy of a signed letter from the artist listing the title of the work and acknowledging it as an original gouache work by the artist, and dated August 5, 1978.