Una cuestión de honor (A Matter of Honor)

Work on Paper

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DePaul Art Museum

Name/Title

Una cuestión de honor (A Matter of Honor)

Entry/Object ID

2024.07

Description

Pink and orange figures on a red background depicting various chicken figurines. Chicken feet can be seen in the bottom left corner.

Artwork Details

Medium

pastel on paper

Context

Una cuestiôn de honor (A Matter of Honor) is part of a larger series titled “De Pico a Pico/Beak to Beak, Face to Face” from the 1990s, providing a strong example of the artist’s earlier paintings. Exploring the relationship between assimilation and acculturation, Suárez evokes the imagery of the cockfight, which has often symbolized masculinity in many Latin American countries.

Acquisition

Accession

2024.07

Source or Donor

Bibiana Suárez

Acquisition Method

Gift

Credit Line

Gift of the artist

Made/Created

Artist

Bibiana Suárez

Date made

1993

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Class

Art

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Cockfighting

Search Terms

Masculinity

Dimensions

Height

84-1/2 in

Width

75 in