Sandra Vásquez de la Horra

This depiction of a couple’s erotically intertwined dance is accompanied by freehand text that suggests an antique advertisement. The figures are sketched in graphite on lined notebook or ledger paper, the red vertical lines at each side like the curtains of a stage. Sandra Vásquez de la Horra often dips her sheets in wax, which “gives the paper a patina, and transforms it into an almost transparent surface that looks like skin.” This supple coating adds to the drawing’s sensuality and mystery.

–Jan Howard, Houghton P. Metcalf Jr. Curator of Prints, Drawings, and Photographs