Magda Santonastasio
Costa Rican, born 1937Sole, 1985
Not on view
Etching on paper
Dimensions18 7/8 × 15 in. (47.9 × 38.1 cm)
Image: 11 9/16 × 8 3/4 in. (29.4 × 22.2 cm)
Gift of Mr. Jack B. Pierson, 1985.45
Unlike many other Latin American and Mexican artists who seek to accurately depict the indigenous culture and people found in their surrounding environment, Santonastasio conveys mystical, political and religious sensations juxtaposed together to symbolically illustrate a time and place to evoke a sense of disorientation and awe in the viewer.
