Luis (Luis Cruz Azaceta)

Artist Diane Edison (born 1950)

Date2006

MediumColored pencil on paper

Dimensions44 × 30 in. (111.8 × 76.2 cm)

ClassificationsDrawing

Credit LineCrystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas, Gift of Helen Porter and Jim Dyke, 2017.40

Signedl.r.: [signed and dated]

Accession number 2017.40

On View

Not on view

Provenance(George Adams Gallery, New York, NY); purchased by James T. Dyke, Little Rock, AR, 2007; given to Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, AR, 2017
Label TextDiane Edison drew this expressive portrait of fellow artist Luis Cruz Azaceta. Starting on black paper, she used a white pencil to reveal his features. Edison said, “I work [the drawing] up slowly, keeping it dark, keeping just the ghost of the image as long I can.” These simple materials allow for intimate detail, and the large scale seems to echo Edison’s regard for her subject.

Diane Edison dibujó este expresivo retrato de su colega, el artista Luis Cruz Azaceta. Empezando en papel negro, utilizó un lápiz blanco para mostrar sus rasgos. Edison dijo, “Trabajo [el dibujo] lentamente, manteniéndolo oscuro, conservando sólo el fantasma de la imagen tanto como pueda.” Estos sencillos materiales permiten obtener detalles íntimos y su gran tamaño parece hacer eco de la consideración de Edison por su sujeto.