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Judith F. Baca, Las Tres Marías, 1976, colored pencil on paper mounted on panel with upholstery backing and mirror, overall: 68 1⁄4 x 50 1⁄4 x 2 1⁄4 in. (173.4 x 127.6 x 5.7 cm.), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase made possible by William T. Evans, 1998.162A-C, © 1976, Judith F. Baca
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Artwork Details
- Title
- Las Tres Marías
- Artist
- Date
- 1976
- Location
- Not on view
- Dimensions
- overall: 68 1⁄4 x 50 1⁄4 x 2 1⁄4 in. (173.4 x 127.6 x 5.7 cm.)
- Copyright
- © 1976, Judith F. Baca
- Credit Line
- Museum purchase made possible by William T. Evans
- Mediums
- Mediums Description
- colored pencil on paper mounted on panel with upholstery backing and mirror
- Classifications
- Subjects
- Portrait female — unidentified — Maria
- Portrait female — unidentified — full length
- Object Number
- 1998.162A-C
Artwork Description
Judith Baca created Las Tres Marías for an exhibition of Chicana artists at the Woman's Building, a predominantly white, feminist cultural space in Los Angeles. The androgynously dressed chola portrays a member of the Tiny Locas, one of the youth gangs with whom Baca worked on public murals. The cigarette-smoking pachuca was based on a photograph of Baca herself, donning the persona of one of the tough girls she both admired and feared growing up in South Central Los Angeles.
Las Tres Marías invites the questions: Who are you in relation to these figures? Do you identify with them, fear them, desire them?