Balalaika
Omar Rayo, Colombian, 1928 - 2010
about 1960
Uninked embossing on heavy wove paper
35/50
Sheet: 21 3/4 × 15 1/8 in. (55.2 × 38.4 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Museum Purchase
PR.969.53
Geography
Place Made: Colombia, South America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Research Area
Americas
Not on view
Inscriptions
Signed and inscribed, in graphite, lower left to right: 35/50 OMAR RAYO BALALAIKA
Provenance
Ferdinand Roten Gallery, Baltimore, Maryland; sold to present collection, 1969.
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