Figure of a Turtle

San Antonio Museum of Art, The Nelson A. Rockefeller Mexican Folk Art Collection.

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Figure of a Turtle

Date: 1930s

Place made:Tonalá, Jalisco, Mexico

General region:North and Central America

Medium: Earthenware and paint

Dimensions:

height: 6 in. (15.2 cm)

width: 9 1/2 in. (24.1 cm)

depth: 7 in. (17.8 cm)

Credit Line: San Antonio Museum of Art, The Nelson A. Rockefeller Mexican Folk Art Collection

Object number: 85.98.2266

Markings: Label reading "Museum of Modern Art LOAN 40.1063" stuck to bottom of piece

Inscribed: "Made in Mexico" stamped at the bottom of the piece

Exhibition History: Twenty Centuries of Mexican Art, Museum of Modern Art, May 15–Sep 30, 1940

Label Text

This turtle-shaped coin 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 work is decorated with blue and red floral designs common in early twentieth century Tonalá ceramics.

Esta alcancía con forma de tortuga 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 obra esta decorada con diseños florales azules y rojos, comunes en la cerámica de comienzos del siglo XX.

(LA, 2022)

Not on view

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Latin American Art

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Figure of a Turtle

Figure of a Turtle