Ceramic Sculpture, Patrón y Peón

NameSculpture

Artist Artist Not Recorded

Date1970-1975

Place madeHuancayo, Junin, Peru, South America

MediumCeramic, paint

Dimensions10 3/4 × 8 1/2 × 6 × 27 in. (27.3051 × 21.59 × 15.24 × 68.5801 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Becca Mudge, Susi Mudge, Sarah Mudge and Katy Mudge, A.2016.9.1

Object numberA.2016.9.1

DescriptionUn-glazed ceramic sculpture of a man with a black hat, black moustache, and tall black boots with a whip in his right hand, standing over a man in ragged clothes on his knees, wearing a red cap and holding up a basket of corn and potatoes. Both figures attached to one flat irrecularly shaped ceramic base. Face, hands and feet are disproportionatly large. Signed "Castro S Rios."