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Figure, woman with raised arms
Figure, woman with raised arms
Figure, woman with raised arms
DepartmentLatin America

Figure, woman with raised arms

NameFigure
Maker Herón Martínez Mendoza (Mexican, 1918 - 1990)
Datec. 1958
Place madeAcatlán de Osorio, Puebla, Mexico, North America
MediumCeramic, paint
Dimensions5 1/8 × 2 3/8 × 2 1/8 in. (13 × 6 × 5.4 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of the Girard Foundation Collection, A.1981.38.869
Object numberA.1981.38.869
DescriptionMold made face, hand-built body, painted. Standing on white slab base with blue edges. Black shoulder length hair. Blue blouse with pink buttons, yellow bloomers with brown and black vertical stripes, pink stockings, brown shoes, and upraised arms.
Figure, woman with raised arms
Herón Martínez Mendoza
c. 1958
Figure, woman with raised arms
Herón Martínez Mendoza
c. 1958
Figure, woman with raised arms
Herón Martínez Mendoza
c. 1958
Figure, woman with arms outstreched
Herón Martínez Mendoza
c. 1958
Figure, woman with raised arms
Herón Martínez Mendoza
c. 1958
Photography by Kellen Hope
Late 1970s - early 1980s
Figure, woman with raised arms
Herón Martínez Mendoza
c. 1958
Figure, man with raised arms
Herón Martínez Mendoza
c. 1958
Figure, woman with raised arms
Herón Martínez Mendoza
CA 1958, STAFF