- La Jíbarita II
Sheet: 27 7/8 × 29 1/8 in. (70.8 × 74 cm)
Frame: 28 5/8 × 29 3/4 × 2 1/4 in. (72.7 × 75.6 × 5.7 cm)
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The waves of burnt red loam in Jan Henle’s La Jíbarita II appear as though they could have been photographed on Mars but are in fact the result of painstaking modification to an acre of land located in western Puerto Rico. Henle created this temporary earthwork near his home with extensive assistance from local men who removed trees and vegetation and turned the ground’s surface with hoes to reveal the red clay soil below. Unlike Earth artists working in the 1970s, who considered the altered site to be the final work of art, Henle’s abstracted, horizonless photographs are where the “art” ultimately resides.
ProvenancePierre Apraxine, New York; given to MFAH, 2021.
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