La Vendemmia (The Grape Harvest)

NameFigures

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

Collections

United States and Canada

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.