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X. From Spaniard and Return Backwards, Hold Yourself Suspended in Mid Air (X. De español y torna atrás, tente en el aire)  1760

by Juan Patricio Morlete Ruiz

[b]Notes from the Curator:[/b] [br]These three works belong to a set of casta paintings by Juan Patricio Morlete Ruiz that originally had sixteen scenes (over time many sets have been disassembled). Each scene depicts a family group with parents of different races and one of their children. During the colonial period Indians, Spaniards born in Spain as well as the New Worl...
Size: 
39 1/2 × 47 1/2 in. (100.33 × 120.65 cm)
Medium: 
Oil on canvas
Credit: 
Courtesy of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art