The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of December 21, 2025

Erasmo Herrera

1991

Roberto Huarcaya

(Peruvian, b. 1959)
Peru, 20th century
gelatin silver print
Overall: 60 x 50 cm (23 5/8 x 19 11/16 in.)
Gift of Jorge and Martha Schneider 2019.147
© 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

Erasmo Herrera came to Lima at age 16 and helped his brothers, who worked as landscapers. Eventually, he started his own landscaping business. “I don’t have bosses, set schedules. I wouldn’t change my job,” he said. 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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