The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of March 14, 2025

Three acrylic canvases, flush against each other, each with an elongated white oval on a black background. The central of the three ovals flattens at the bottom of the canvas, the flanking two at the top. At the curve of each of the three ovals, the canvas tents up, shadows cast around it.

Troyanas (de la serie Módulos Infinitos) (Trojan Women [of the Infinite Module series])

1964/1993
(Cuban, 1926–2024)
Cuba
Acrylic on canvas
Overall: 91.4 x 137.2 cm (36 x 54 in.)
Dorothea Wright Hamilton Fund 2020.262
© Zilia Sánchez, Courtesy Galerie Lelong & Co., New York
Location: 229C Contemporary

Did You Know?

According to the artist, the serial panels in this work can be arranged in any order or configuration.

Description

Throughout her career Zilia Sánchez has turned repeatedly to female warriors for inspiration. The title Troyanas invokes the legendary women of Troy, and the strength they displayed while mourning the loss of their land. The serial bimorphic-shaped canvas panels evoke lines of female warriors standing together as one powerful unit or army, suggesting the collective power of women.
  • 1964/1993
    Collection of the artist
    Private Collection, Puerto Rico
    2020
    (Galerie Lelong & Co., New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
    2020-
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Contemporary Installation. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer).
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Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2020.262