Creole head (Mixed-race Lima woman)

In Cabeza criolla, against a neutral background we see the half-turned face of a woman, whose gesture is accentuated by the angular lines employed by the artist, in a portrayal that lends the face enormous expressiveness, while almost bordering on caricature.
With paintings like Cabeza de criolla and Mantas, Codesido’s work stands alongside that of other artists of the Indigenist movement, who sought to redefine the national self-image.