Estan Sumidos
Brooklyn Museum photograph
Object Label
Roser Bru, a Catalan painter living in Chile, is known for her eclectic approach to image-making, often incorporating found images, stamps, and collage elements, as seen in this group of engravings and etchings from the 1968 series Diez Grabados Originales (Ten Original Engravings). These works emerge from the patriarchal Judeo-Christian narrative of Adam and Eve’s expulsion from the biblical Garden of Eden, the “fall of man” traditionally interpreted as beginning with a woman’s original sin. The way Bru imagines the story, both genders are subject to fragmentation, but the bodies of women and girls are the most studied and deconstructed, in a reference to their social status as dictated by Catholic traditions.
Caption
Roser Bru Chilean, born Spain, 1923. Estan Sumidos, 1968. Engraving and etching, Sheet: 20 1/8 x 13 3/4 in. (51.1 x 34.9 cm) Image: 19 1/4 x 12 1/8 in. (48.9 x 30.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Ella C. Woodward Memorial Fund, 68.228.10. © artist or artist's estate (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 68.228.10_PS9.jpg)
Gallery
Not on view
Collection
Gallery
Not on view
Collection
Artist
Title
Estan Sumidos
Date
1968
Medium
Engraving and etching
Classification
Dimensions
Sheet: 20 1/8 x 13 3/4 in. (51.1 x 34.9 cm) Image: 19 1/4 x 12 1/8 in. (48.9 x 30.8 cm)
Signatures
Signed, "Roser Bru" lower right in graphite
Inscriptions
Title lower left in graphite
Credit Line
Ella C. Woodward Memorial Fund
Accession Number
68.228.10
Rights
© artist or artist's estate
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