Lucas Johnson
La Gorda (The Fat Girl)

La Gorda (The Fat Girl)

© 1968 Estate of Lucas and Patricia Johnson

La Gorda (The Fat Girl)
La Gorda (The Fat Girl)
ArtistAmerican, 1940–2002
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • La Gorda (The Fat Girl)
Date1968
MediumGraphite with pen and ink on wove paper
DimensionsImage/Sheet: 26 × 22 in. (66 × 55.9 cm)
Frame: 33 3/8 × 29 5/16 × 1 3/16 in. (84.7 × 74.4 × 3 cm)
Credit LineGift of Jeffrey Wahba Family
Object number2021.606
Not on view

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ProvenanceThe Wahba family, 1970-2021; by descent to the son, Jeffrey Wahba, 2021; given to MFAH, 2021

According to donor Jeffrey Wahba, these artworks were purchased by his parents, either through a gallery or possibly directly from the artist, in Mexico in 1970. They passed to Jeffrey as part of his parents’ estate.


Exhibition HistoryNone known for these drawings and impressions
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Recto: Titled, signed, and dated in graphite, upper right: La Gorda [cursive] / 68 / Lucas [cursive] / MEXICO
Verso: [inaccessible]
Recto: Signed in graphite, upper right: Lucas [cursive]
Verso: [inaccessible]
Recto: [none]
Verso: [inaccessible]
Catalogue raisonnéNone

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