Object Details
- Artist
- Carmen Lomas Garza, born Kingsville, TX 1948
- Exhibition Label
- Lomas Garza’s folk-styled works document the lives of Mexican Americans and often portray memories of her own family in South Texas. In Camas para Sueños (Beds for Dreams) the artist and her sister sit on their roof dreaming of becoming artists, while their mother below maintains a traditional home. Lomas Garza’s deceptively straightforward images offer uncommon glimpses of American daily life as it unfolds in many Chicano communities.
- Our America: The Latino Presence in American Art, 2013
- Credit Line
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Smithsonian Latino Initiatives Pool and the Smithsonian Institution Collections Acquisition Program
- Copyright
- © 1985, Carmen Lomas Garza
- 1985
- Object number
- 1995.94
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- Painting
- Medium
- gouache on paper
- Dimensions
- sheet: 28 1/8 x 20 1/2 in. (71.4 x 52.1 cm) sight: 23 x 17 1/2 in. (58.4 x 44.3 cm)
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- Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection
- Department
- Graphic Arts
- Smithsonian American Art Museum
- Topic
- Landscape\celestial\moon
- Landscape\time\night
- Figure group\female
- State of being\phenomenon\dream
- Architecture Exterior\domestic\house
- Architecture Exterior\domestic\bedroom
- Record ID
- saam_1995.94
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk7d2f52f66-fc04-4639-b12f-0e680c461964
