Francisco
Maker and role
Artist: John Sonsini, American, born 1950
Year
2018
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Object detail
Media/Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
45 x 36in (114.3 x 91.4cm)
Credit line
Museum purchase with the Helen and Everett H. Jones Purchase Fund
Accession number
2019.48
Object type
Department
Location
Further information
John Sonsini is best known for portraits painted from life, and, for the past 20 years, Latino day laborers in particular. His subjects are hired as models off the streets of Los Angeles, where the artist lives part time. Sonsini's bare compositions and first name titles emphasize his sitters' humanity, dignity, and universality.
Signature & date
Signed, titled, and dated on verso
Subject period
Maker
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