Goat Song # 1: Struggle, 1986
Oil on canvas. 88" X 105"
(Collection of The Studio Museum in Harlem.)

Goat Song #2: The Goat Feast (Canto de chivo #2: La fiesta del chivo), 1986. Oil on canvas. 68" X 72".

The “goat” of the title is a mocking reference to the dictator Trujillo, taken from a song celebrating his killing.

Goat Song #3: They Shall Not Pass, 1988.
Oil on linen. 96" X 192".

Goat Song #4: Tie a Yellow Ribbon, 1991
Oil on linen. 96" X 48".

Goat Song # 5: Tumult on George Washington Avenue, 1988.
Oil on canvas. 72" X 96".
(Collection of El Museo del Barrio).

Goat Song (Canto de chivo) #6: May 30th, 1961, 10:10 PM, 1919-2021.
Oil on canvas. 36” X 96.5”

The day and time identified in the title refer to the moment when the dictator Trujillo was killed (center panel.)

Goat Song #6: May 30th, 1961, 10:10 PM, 2019.
Oil on canvas. 36” X 48”.

Goat Song (Canto de chivo) #7: November 25th: International Day to End Violence Against Women (triptych), 2021. Oil on Canvas. 26” X 66”.

This triptych tells the story of the assassination of the three Mirabal sisters, Patria, Minerva, and María Teresa, on the night of November 25th, 1960. The dictator, Trujillo, had targeted them for their clandestine activities against his repressive regime. The United Nations dedicated the date of their deaths as the International Day to End Violence against women in 1999. The “goat” reference of the title is a mocking reference to Trujillo, taken from a song celebrating his killing.

Goat Song (Canto de chivo) #7: November 25th: International Day to End Violence Against Women (right panel), 2021. Oil on Canvas.

This triptych tells the story of the assassination of the three Mirabal sisters, Patria, Minerva, and María Teresa, on the night of November 25th, 1960. The dictator, Trujillo, had singled them out for their clandestine activities against his repressive regime. The United Nations dedicated the date of their deaths as the International Day to End Violence against women in 1999. The “goat” reference of the title is a mocking reference to Trujillo, taken from a song celebrating his killing.

Goat Song (Canto de chivo) #10: Rededication, 2020
Oil on canvas. 39.25” diameter.

The “goat” of the title is a mocking reference to the dictator Trujillo, taken from a song celebrating his killing. The “re-dedication” refers to the obelisk in the background, which Trujillo originally erected in 1937 in his own honor, celebrating the first anniversary of his changing the name of the capital from Santo Domingo to Ciudad Trujillo (Trujillo City). The obelisk was re-dedicated, in 1997, to the three Mirabal sisters whom Trujillo had ordered assassinated in 1960.

Struggle, Study, 1986
Pastel, 18" X 24"
(Private collection.)

The Goat Feast Study, 1986
Oil on canvas, 20" X 20"
(Private collection.)

They Shall Not Pass, Study, 1988
Pastel, 20" X 40"
(Private collection.)

30th of May, 1961, 10:10 PM, Study, 2019
Oil pastel. 18.5” X 26.5”