Tres Mujeres de Pie II (Three Women Standing, II), 1983.
Lithograph
Edition 30 of 135
This powerful lithograph captures three standing women in Zúñiga’s signature style—rooted in strength, dignity, and timeless presence. With soft yet expressive lines, this numbered (30 of 135) piece reflects the artist’s deep reverence for the female form and Indigenous identity in Latin America. A striking example of Zúñiga’s mastery in conveying emotion through posture and composition.
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Francisco Zuñiga was a Costa Rican-born, Mexican artist and sculptor of the 20th century who won the Premio Nacional de Arte and whose pieces are featured in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art in NYC and Mexico City, the Phoenix Art Museum, Harvard University, Ponce Art Museum, and the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington, D.C.
According to Bischoff's Gallery, "Zuniga's art reflects a love and respect for Central American people and traditions... Zuniga's prints articulate the sensitivity and sensuality of the human figure. This celebration of the human spirit is most often expressed in sculpture, drawings, and lithographs of women as timeless and stoic earth mothers. Zuniga's women have the startling presence of ancient goddesses disguised in the situations of daily life and motherhood. They are staunch and monumental females, madonnas with Indian features, solemnly poised. Of his style, Zuniga says, 'I begin with an emotion, an attitude, a movement caught by chance, a woman wrapped in thought, sitting, walking, or perhaps leading a child.'”
Learn more about Zuñiga here: https://www.bischoffsgallery.com/online-store/a43-francisco-zuniga.htm
Lithograph
Edition 30 of 135
This powerful lithograph captures three standing women in Zúñiga’s signature style—rooted in strength, dignity, and timeless presence. With soft yet expressive lines, this numbered (30 of 135) piece reflects the artist’s deep reverence for the female form and Indigenous identity in Latin America. A striking example of Zúñiga’s mastery in conveying emotion through posture and composition.
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Francisco Zuñiga was a Costa Rican-born, Mexican artist and sculptor of the 20th century who won the Premio Nacional de Arte and whose pieces are featured in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art in NYC and Mexico City, the Phoenix Art Museum, Harvard University, Ponce Art Museum, and the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington, D.C.
According to Bischoff's Gallery, "Zuniga's art reflects a love and respect for Central American people and traditions... Zuniga's prints articulate the sensitivity and sensuality of the human figure. This celebration of the human spirit is most often expressed in sculpture, drawings, and lithographs of women as timeless and stoic earth mothers. Zuniga's women have the startling presence of ancient goddesses disguised in the situations of daily life and motherhood. They are staunch and monumental females, madonnas with Indian features, solemnly poised. Of his style, Zuniga says, 'I begin with an emotion, an attitude, a movement caught by chance, a woman wrapped in thought, sitting, walking, or perhaps leading a child.'”
Learn more about Zuñiga here: https://www.bischoffsgallery.com/online-store/a43-francisco-zuniga.htm