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Furniture series, benches with checkered paint
Furniture series, benches with checkered paint
Furniture series, benches with checkered paint
DepartmentLatin America

Furniture series, benches with checkered paint

NameModel
Maker Herón Martínez Mendoza (Mexican, 1918 - 1990)
Datec. 1960
Place madeAcatlán de Osorio, Puebla, Mexico, North America
MediumCeramic, paint
Dimensions2 3/16 × 6 7/8 × 1 15/16 in. (5.5 × 17.5 × 5 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of the Girard Foundation Collection, A.1979.3.787X
Object numberA.1979.3.787X
DescriptionSlab and hand-built, painted checkered pattern on bench, slab base painted grey with incised brickwork, back and sides of bench painted brown. // $20 ea. Martinez Workshop. Maker's dates 1918-1990.
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