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Digital Archive Now Dig This!: Art and Black Los Angeles 1960–1980
Art Virginia Jaramillo, Structure Nine
Structure Nine, by Virginia Jaramillo, March 5, 1965

Virginia Jaramillo, Artist
Structure Nine , March 5, 1965

Medium
Mixed media on canvas
Dimensions
60 1/2 x 43 1/2 x 2 in. (153.7 x 110.5 x 5.1 cm)
Credit Line
Collection of the artist. Photo by Tim Nighswander/IMAGING4ART

The highly textured surface of Structure Nine is reminiscent of the materiality of the earthworks that were being created around this time. Virginia Jaramillo created the painting in her backyard while living in the Los Angeles neighborhood of Watts with her husband, the artist Daniel LaRue Johnson.