MARTINEZ DE HOYOS, Ricardo

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Description

Le Mujer in el Rio, 1959
Oil on canvas
43 3/4 x 34 x 5 3/8" FRAMED
Oil painting in blue-gray tones illustrating a woman in three-fourths bust view seated and glancing over her shoulder to the viewer. Figure's body is round, soft, and abstract; face is tender and contrasts the rest of the artwork with its sharper, more defined features. Blue background and grey foreground blend together, creating a fuzzy, dreamlike space; signed and date lower left.

Date

1959

Creator

MARTINEZ DE HOYOS, Ricardo
b. Mexico, 1918-2009

Source

Lee Mirrer, Trustee of the Gloria Rubin Revocable Trust

Identifier

2025.011.002

Collection

Citation

MARTINEZ DE HOYOS, Ricardo and b. Mexico, 1918-2009, “MARTINEZ DE HOYOS, Ricardo,” UCSB ADA Museum Omeka, accessed February 27, 2026, http://art-collections.museum.ucsb.edu/items/show/17389.