A Cuban House

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Artist Emilio Sanchez (American, born Cuba, 1921–1999)

Title A Cuban House (Una Casa Cubana)

Date 1976

Medium Color lithograph on paper

Dimensions Image: 26 × 20 in. (66 × 50.8 cm)
Sheet: 30 1/2 × 23 in. (77.5 × 58.4 cm)

Credit Line Gift from the Emilio Sanchez Foundation, Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University

Accession Number 2011.176

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Although Emilio Sanchez was unable to return to his homeland after the revolution, he continued to identify with his Cuban heritage. He revisited images of the island's colorful vernacular architecture until the end of his life, working from memory, old photographs, and his travels to other Caribbean locales.

One of his favorite motifs was a view of a landscape through an open doorway with a stained-glass transom. His pristine depictions of the buildings suggest an idealized-- perhaps wistful--image of a lost past, rather than reality.

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