A Mi Vida IV

Artist Kukuli Velarde (Peruvian-American, born 1962)

Date2019

MediumEarthenware with underglaze, wax, and resin

DimensionsOverall (Ceramic only): 17.8 × 55.9 × 26.7 cm (7 × 22 × 10 1/2 in.) Overall (with pillow): 20 × 73 × 47 cm (7 7/8 × 28 3/4 × 18 1/2 in.)

DescriptionPart of the series A Mi Vida, playing with the word “Vida”, as both name of her daughter and the meaning her daughter and all children have for all mothers, children become “our life” (Nuestra vida).

Credit LineThe Diana Reitberger Collection

Object numberG26.14.3a-b

Classifications

Modern and Contemporary Ceramics

Sub-classification

American

Collections

Status

On view

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