The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of March 29, 2024

Cesar Raul Vargas

Cesar Raul Vargas

1991
(Peruvian, b. 1959)
Overall: 60 x 50 cm (23 5/8 x 19 11/16 in.)
© Roberto Huarcaya
Location: not on view

Did You Know?

This occupational portrait shows the subject amid the objects with which he makes his living.

Description

Cesar Raul Vargas was sent to Lima at age 12. He first worked as a shoeshine boy, then became a welder’s assistant and now has his own business. The artist wanted workers like Vargas, who serve the tourists and wealthy Lima residents of the upscale Miraflores area, to be seen as individuals, so he handwrote their life stories around their portraits.
  • 1991
    Roberto Huarcaya (the artist)
    Schneider Gallery, Chicago, IL
    June 3, 2019
    the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
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Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2019.146