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A square woven wall hanging with layered fringed fibers and swirling blue-green patterns.

Paintings

My Roots

Carlos Villa

1970–1971

Medium
Acrylic and feathers on canvas
Dimensions
Overall (irregular): 93 1/2 × 94 1/4 × 7 3/4 in. (237.5 × 239.4 × 19.7 cm)
Accession number
72.21
Acquired
1972
Credit line
Purchase, with funds from the Neysa McMein Purchase Award
Department
collection

About this work

Carlos Villa, My Roots, 1970–1971. Acrylic and feathers on canvas, overall (irregular): 93 1/2 × 94 1/4 × 7 3/4 in. (237.5 × 239.4 × 19.7 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the Neysa McMein Purchase Award 72.21

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