DepartmentLatin America
Cango (Santa Barbara)
NamePainting
Maker
Agapito Labios
(1898 - 1996)
Dateca. 1940
Place madeMexico City, Mexico, North America
MediumCanvas (linen?), oil paint, wood, metal
Dimensions23 7/16 × 18 1/4 × 7/8 in. (59.5 × 46.3 × 2.3 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Connie Thrasher Jaquith, A.2012.51.1
Object numberA.2012.51.1
DescriptionYoung girl in foreground, arms outstretched, wearing a full skirted, long blue and white dress. A gourd dangles from her proper left hand, and she holds a bowl in her proper right hand. Behind a low stone wall in the background are military operations with horses and canons. On the water are warships. Signed bottom proper right.
