DepartmentLatin America
Figure, man seated on park bench
NameFigure
Maker
Herón Martínez Mendoza
(Mexican, 1918 - 1990)
Datec. 1960
Place madeAcatlán de Osorio, Puebla, Mexico, North America
MediumCeramic, paint
Dimensions4 1/8 × 9 3/16 × 3 1/16 in. (10.5 × 23.4 × 7.7 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of the Girard Foundation Collection, A.1981.38.941
Object numberA.1981.38.941
DescriptionHand-built, pinched, painted. Figure eating a piece of watermelon, seated on gray tiled bench. Black hair and shoes, brown pants, blue shirt. Both grey colored street and bench have tiles of white and multi-colors.