Question

A self-taught artist from this country made lithographs like “Colossus” as a leader of the “Rupture Movement.” A regional text inspired a large, orange-toned painting held in this country in which a rainbow arcs over a “magical world.” In a self-portrait from this country, the artist sits before a white rocking-horse and holds her hand out to a hyena. An artist (10[1])from this country included a dead woodpecker lying on a tree in a self-portrait that only (10[2])shows the artist’s legs (10[1])and feet in a bathtub. This country was the adopted home of the surrealist Leonora Carrington. (10[1])An artist from this country referenced her teenage injury in a traffic (10[1])accident (10[1])by painting herself with a broken column for a spine. For 10 points, a distinctive unibrow appears in self-portraits by what country’s artist Frida Kahlo? ■END■

ANSWER: Mexico [or the United Mexican States or Estados Unidos Mexicanos] (The first clue refers to José Luis Cuevas. The second clue is Leonora Carrington’s The Magical World of the Mayas. The two Kahlo self-portraits are What the Water Gave Me and The Broken Column.)
<Visual Fine Arts>
= Average correct buzz position

Back to tossups

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Sam Wang (UG)Pitt B (UG)Ohio State B (DII)6010
Matthew Lam (DII)Ohio State C (DII)Michigan B7610
ArielPitt AMichigan D7610
Sarah Dong (DII)Michigan C (UG)Kenyon B (DII)8010
Meredith Wiper (DII)CWRU B (UG)CWRU D (DII)9610
Elie Aoun (UG)CWRU A (UG)Michigan State C (UG)10810
Joe Paterson (UG)Michigan State B (UG)Kenyon A (UG)10910