Ceramic Building

NameSculpture

Maker Candelario Medrano (1918 - 1986)

Datec. 1975

Place madeSanta Cruz de las Huertas, Jalisco, Mexico, North America

MediumClay, wire and paint

Dimensions23 × 9 1/4 × 4 3/4 in. (58.4201 × 23.495 × 12.065 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Lloyd E. Cotsen and the Neutrogena Corporation, A.1995.93.2321V

Object numberA.1995.93.2321V

Collections

The Lloyd Cotsen & Neutrogena Collection

DescriptionA four story building is pieced together with flat slabs of clay. Different window styles decorate each level. Ladies and men can be seen inside, and two men stand on the roof, which is decorated with a Mexican flag at the top center; orange, turquoise, rose-pink, gray, bright yellow, black, white, blue and red; clay, wire, paint; hand molded, slab technique and painted. Building has 19 people figures.