Ceramic Building with Figures

NameSculpture

Maker Candelario Medrano (1918 - 1986)

Datec. 1965

Place madeSanta Cruz de las Huertas, Jalisco, Mexico, North America

MediumWire reinforced clay and tempera with a gloss finish

Dimensions23 × 9 1/2 × 4 in. (58.42 × 24.13 × 10.16 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Lloyd E. Cotsen and the Neutrogena Corporation, A.1995.93.2147V

Object numberA.1995.93.2147V

Collections

The Lloyd Cotsen & Neutrogena Collection

DescriptionThe building is made in four stories, each a different bright color and each with a different window arrangement, which fronts a shallow interior space. At the very top a man with fruits on his back stands near a (Mexican) flag. Next to him, and on the levels below, there are women walking with their arms forward. Another man with fruit and wearing a sombrero stands at a window; wire-reinforced clay and tempera with a gloss finish; hand molded with slab construction, and painted.
16 figures.