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Francisco Zúñiga is famous for being an artist. Known as one of the most important Expressionists to emerge from Latin America, he is remembered for his monumental sculptures, figurative paintings and prints, nude drawings and portraits of Central America’s rural Indigenous women. Even after his death in 1998, Zúñiga’s legacy lives on. His sculptures, drawings, paintings and prints are found in museums around the world, including the Museum of Modern Art and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the Museum of Modern Art in Mexico City, the Fogg Museum at Harvard University, the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington, D.C., the Middelheim Museum in Antwerp, Belgium, and the Open-Air Museum in Hakone, Japan. On 1stDibs, find a range of Francisco Zúñiga art.
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1972 Original CHALK DRAWING Mujer Sentada Mexican Mixed Media painting
By Francisco Zúñiga
Located in New York, NY
The Costa Rican artist Francisco Zuniga (1912-1998) took, for a short while, drawing lessons at the Art School of San Jos, before he worked from 1928 to 1934 in his father's business...
Category
1970s Abstract Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Charcoal, Chalk, Mixed Media
Francisco Zuniga Bronze Sculpture, 1964, Reclining Mother with Shawl
By Francisco Zúñiga
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Zuniga bronze, edition: 3. #472 catalog raisonne:
"Madre Reclinada con Rebozo".
Measures: 5 3/4" H x 12" L x 8" W not including the wood plinth.
Signed Zuniga and dated 1964.
"Letter of Authenticity", issued by the Zuniga foundation
(and son Ariel Zuniga...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Francisco Zuniga Bronze Sculpture, 1965, "Juchiteca Sentada"
By Francisco Zúñiga
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Francisco Zuniga bronze sculpture. Seated female. Edition: 5.
#467 in the Zuniga catalog raisonne. Titled: "Juchiteca Sentada".
Measures: 8 7/8" H x 10 1/4" L x 10 5/8" W (not including the 1 ½" wood plinth).
Signed Zuniga and numbered 111/V. Created 1965.
A Letter of Authenticity issued by the Zuniga foundation (and son Ariel Zuniga...
Category
1960s Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Coloquio
By Francisco Zúñiga
Located in New York, NY
Color lithograph with full margins. Artist's proof inscribed "E II", from "Estado II" edition of 30, aside from the edition of 63. Signed, dated and numbered XXIV/XXX in pencil, lowe...
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Dos Mujeres Mayas (Two Mayan Women)
By Francisco Zúñiga
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Dos Mujeres Mayas (Two Mayan Women)") 1983 is an original Mixograph cast paper bas relief by Costa Rican/Mexican artist Francisco...
Category
Late 20th Century Realist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Other Medium
Francisco Zuniga Bronze Sculpture, 1964, "Desnudo Acostada"
By Francisco Zúñiga
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Francisco Zuniga bronze sculpture, Nude Lying Down. Edition: 3.
#377 in the Zuniga catalog raisonne. Titled: "Desnudo Acostado".
Measures: 6 7/8" H x 18" L x 19" W not including the...
Category
1960s Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze