Painting on Paper by Abel Vazquez: Untitled

A figure wrapped in folds of white, with a coral face and hair set in tidy rolls.

This untitled painting on paper is by Abel Vazquez, made ca. 1990 in watercolor and ink on archival paper. Watercolor is transparent, so painters build depth by layering thin washes. A stylized figure stands facing forward, its body a broad sheet of cream drapery falling in curved bands, with a narrow tab hanging at the chest. The small head carries a coral-red face under a pale, rolled hairdo. Diagonal stripes of blue and violet fill the wall behind, above a rust-brown floor. It is 19.75 inches wide and 27.75 high.

Dressed for an occasion nobody has told us about.