DepartmentUnited States & Canada
La Vendemmia (The Grape Harvest)
NameFigures
Artist or maker
Vincenzo Ancona
CultureSicilian- American
Dateca. 1978
Place madeBrooklyn, New York, United States, North America
MediumColored telephone wire, wood
Dimensions10 5/8 × 16 1/8 × 16 1/8 in. (27 × 41 × 41 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Fran Favaloro, A.2016.11.5
Object numberA.2016.11.5
DescriptionScene mounted on wooden board. Seven human figures made of multi-colored telephone wire bearing baskets. Figure of animal (probably a horse or donkey) with a human rider carrying two side baskets filled with fake plastic grapes. Rider is passing a basket down to another figure.
CA 1960, STAFF
