Piggy Bank
Artist:
Unknown
Place made:Tonalá, Jalisco, Mexico
General region:North and Central America
Date: 1930s
Credit Line: San Antonio Museum of Art, The Nelson A. Rockefeller Mexican Folk Art Collection
Object number: 85.98.2197.a
Markings: Label reading "Museum of Modern Art LOAN 40.3000" stuck to bottom of piece
Inscribed: "Made in Mexico" stamped on bottom
Label Text
This piggy bank was featured in the 1940 exhibition titled, Twenty Centuries of Mexican Art, presented by the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. Animals, especially piggy banks, were a popular subject of Tonalá pottery. This sculpture is decorated with blue and red floral designs common in early twentieth century Tonalá ceramics.
Esta alcancías con forma de marranita se exhibió en la exposición de 1940 titulada Veinte Siglos de Arte Mexicano, presentada por el Museum of Modern Art de Nueva York. Los animales, en especial las alcancías con forma de marranita, eran un tema popular en la cerámica de Tonalá. Esta decorada con diseños florales azules y rojos, comunes en la cerámica de comienzos del siglo XX.
(LA, 2022)
Esta alcancías con forma de marranita se exhibió en la exposición de 1940 titulada Veinte Siglos de Arte Mexicano, presentada por el Museum of Modern Art de Nueva York. Los animales, en especial las alcancías con forma de marranita, eran un tema popular en la cerámica de Tonalá. Esta decorada con diseños florales azules y rojos, comunes en la cerámica de comienzos del siglo XX.
(LA, 2022)
Not on view
In Collection(s)
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