Ai Wana

Title

Ai Wana

Creator

Date

1988

Medium

Description

Two seated women eating sea urchins. Two calabash bowls and ʻopihi shells are scattered around them. An ʻulu tree and stone structure on the left, a hala tree and mountain on the right, and the ocean in the background. Reddish-brown ink on white paper. Titled, signed, and dated in pencil below the image.

"And the women eating wana is a standard 'pot-boiler.' I'm aware the girls are eating with their left hands. Forgot myself in the throes of creation. But this will be corrected when I make the screen because I can flip the negative to 'reverse' the image." — Varez

Extent (Pages, Duration, Dimensions)

13 3/4" x 20" (image)

Identifier

1990.501.46

Is Part Of

Dietrich Varez Collection

Rights

© Dietrich Varez Estate