DepartmentLatin America
Pair of candlesticks
NameCandlestick sculptures
Maker
Herón Martínez Mendoza
(Mexican, 1918 - 1990)
Dateca. 1960
Place madeAcatlán de Osorio, Puebla, Mexico, North America
MediumCeramic, paint
Dimensionsa-blue hat ornament: 9 5/8 × 4 1/2 × 4 15/16 in. (24.5 × 11.5 × 12.5 cm)
b-red hat ornament: 9 13/16 × 4 3/4 × 5 1/8 in. (25 × 12 × 13 cm)
b-red hat ornament: 9 13/16 × 4 3/4 × 5 1/8 in. (25 × 12 × 13 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of the Girard Foundation Collection, A.1979.3.825X
Object numberA.1979.3.825X
DescriptionPair of sculptures of three riders seated on each other’s shoulders all upon a horse. The base color is white with multicolor painted decorations. The birds hang from riders’ hands. Martinez workshop.
CA 1960, STAFF
CA 1969, A. GIRARD
CA 1960, STAFF
CA 1960, STAFF
CA 1960, STAFF
CA 1969, A. GIRARD
CA 1965, STAFF