Popular Arts of Mexico: 1850-1950 (A Schiffer Book for Collectors) - Hardcover

McMenamin, Donna

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0764300261 ISBN 13: 9780764300264

Publisher: Schiffer, 1997

Synopsis

One hundred years worth of quality Mexican popular art, including pottery, clay figures, marionettes, straw mosaics, Talavera, clay banks, coconut banks, laquerware, wood panels and rugs, from 1850-1950, is covered here, with over 370 color photographs illustrating over 675 objects. Collecting hints are included in every chapter. The book concludes with room shots, illustrating many beautiful options for displaying collections. A values reference guide is up-to-date.

About this title

About the Author

After collecting historic Native American arts for over a decade, Donna McMenamin's attention turned to early Mexican folk art. In addition to having excellent collections in both categories, she is also a dealer exhibiting at antique shows and by private appointment.

From the Inside Flap

One hundred years of Mexican popular art, from 1850-1950, have been captured here with over 370 vivid color photographs illustrating over 675 objects. Popular Arts of Mexico displays the magnificent art pieces of Mexico and guides us through the history, techniques, and artists who produced them. Here are items of pottery, clay and wax figures, marionettes, straw mosaics, Talavera, clay and coconut banks, lacquerware, wood panels, and serapes.

Personal interviews and thorough research provide family trees on the renowned artisan families of Lucanos, Olays, and Panduros, among others. Additional early black & white photographs, including some market scenes, take the reader to 1920s-30s Mexico.

The book concludes with room shots, illustrating many beautiful options for displaying collections. A values reference guide is also included.

The demand for Mexican popular arts increases steadily as growing numbers of people discover their exceptional beauties and qualities.

Reviews

Inspired by the 1990 exhibition of the Nelson A. Rockefeller collection of folk art at the San Antonio Museum of Art (Folk Treasures of Mexico: The Nelson A. Rockefeller Collection, LJ 10/15/90), McMenamin, a collector and dealer, began to research the history, techniques, and artisans who produced these popular arts during the 19th and early 20th centuries. Individual chapters discuss pottery, clay figures and banks, talavera (majolica), marionettes, straw mosaics, coconut banks, laquerware, loteria (drawings of games), wax figures, bas-relief wood panels, sarapes and rugs, and home furnishings. Her personal interviews and comprehensive research have led to the identification of artisans and diagrams of artisan family trees. Included are examples of identification markings and a discussion of motifs. Well illustrated with 370 photographs of 675 objects and photographs of scenes from Mexican markets from the 1920s and 1930s, this title is recommended for large public and academic libraries.?Judith Yankielun Lind, Roseland Free P.L., N.J.
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Edition details

• Publisher: Schiffer
• Publication date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0764300261
• ISBN 13: 9780764300264
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 240