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FIGURE GROUP
FIGURE GROUP
FIGURE GROUP
Museum of International Folk Art
DepartmentLatin America

FIGURE GROUP

NameFigure Group
Maker Herón Martínez Mendoza (Mexican, 1918 - 1990)
DateCA 1960, STAFF
Place madeAcatlán de Osorio, Puebla, Mexico, North America
MediumCeramic, Paint
DimensionsOverall: 17 11/16 x 13 3/4 x 10 13/16 in. (45 x 35 x 27.5 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, Gift of the Girard Foundation Collection, A.1979.3.752.
Object numberA.1979.3.752
DescriptionA ceramic nativity scene, or Nacimiento, where there is a shed on top of a hill. Figures are attached, climbing up to the nativity. The holy family is on top of the hill in the shed and birds hang from the shed roof. Martinez Workshop.
FIGURE GROUP
FIGURE GROUP
Herón Martínez Mendoza
CA 1960, STAFF
Figure group, nativity
Figure group, nativity
Herón Martínez Mendoza
c. 1960
BUILDING, MODEL
BUILDING, MODEL
Herón Martínez Mendoza
CA 1960, STAFF
FIGURE GROUP
FIGURE GROUP
Herón Martínez Mendoza
CA 1960, STAFF
FIGURE GROUP
FIGURE GROUP
CA 1965, STAFF
Nativity
Nativity
Artist Not Recorded
c. 1965
Nativity
Nativity
Stachara Goref
c. 1965
CANDELABRUM
CANDELABRUM
Herón Martínez Mendoza
CA 1960, STAFF
FIGURE GROUP
FIGURE GROUP
Herón Martínez Mendoza
CA 1960, STAFF
FIGURE GROUP
FIGURE GROUP
CA 1960, STAFF
WHISTLE
WHISTLE
Herón Martínez Mendoza
CA 1960, STAFF
Figure group, skeletons in procession wearing black suits
Figure group, skeletons in procession wearing black suits
Herón Martínez Mendoza
c. 1950
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