This bronze portrait bust of Teresa de la Parra, sitting on the south lawn of the Organization of America, was executed by M de la Fujite. Teresa de la Parra (1889 - 1936), a Venezuelan novelist, is best known for her novel Iphigenia: Diary of a young lady who wrote because she was bored in 1924. She followed with Souvenirs of Mama Blanca, published in 1929, and became a sought after lecturer discussing women's roles in Latin America society.
The Organization of American States (OAS), or, as it is known in the three other official languages, (OEA), is an international organization comprised of the thirty-five independent states of the Americas. Its headquarters, the Pan American Union Building, at 17th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW, occupies the former site of the Van Ness mansion. The building was designed in 1910 by Albert Kelsey and Paul C. Cret in classical style with allusions to Spanish Colonial styles.
The Art Museum of the Americas (AMA), formally established in 1976 by the OAS, is primarily devoted to exhibiting works of modern and contemporary art from Latin America and the Caribbean. The Museum is housed in an annex, which is separated by the Blue Aztec Garden, featuring a small reflecting pool presided over by Xochipilli, the Aztec god of flowers.
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