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Building series, birdhouse
Building series, birdhouse
Building series, birdhouse
Museum of International Folk Art
DepartmentLatin America

Building series, birdhouse

NameModel
Maker Herón Martínez Mendoza (Mexican, 1918 - 1990)
Datec. 1960
Place madeAcatlán de Osorio, Puebla, Mexico, North America
MediumCeramic, paint
Dimensions9 13/16 × 6 7/8 × 8 1/16 in. (24.9 × 17.5 × 20.5 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of the Girard Foundation Collection, A.1979.3.745X
Object numberA.1979.3.745X
DescriptionHand-built, brightly painted white and multicolors, round house with 8 windows, square house with 6 windows on abase with central pillar. // $20 ea. Maker dates 1918-1990.
Building series, walls with crenelations
Herón Martínez Mendoza
c. 1960
Figure group series, village scenes
Herón Martínez Mendoza
c. 1960
Building series, one floor with pitched roof
Herón Martínez Mendoza
c. 1960
Building series, one floor with flat roof
Herón Martínez Mendoza
c. 1960
Furniture series, benches with checkered paint
Herón Martínez Mendoza
c. 1960
Figure series, cactus
Herón Martínez Mendoza
c. 1960
Figure series, cactus
Herón Martínez Mendoza
c. 1960
Horse and Carriage, model
Herón Martínez Mendoza
c. 1960
Figure group series, oxen plowing field
Herón Martínez Mendoza
c. 1960