Emiliano Zapata
Artist:
Eulogio Alonso
(Mexican, active 1922 - 1965)
General region:North and Central America
Place made:Puebla, Mexico
Date: 1938
Medium: Earthenware and paint
Credit Line: San Antonio Musuem of Art, purchased with funds provided by the Friends of Latin American Art in memory of Ted Warmbold
Object number: 95.29.1
Provenance: Collection of Jim Caswell, Santa Monica, California; purchased by SAMA in 1995.
Label Text
These figural sculptures portray two key figures in the Mexican Revolution of 1910–1920. The artist, Eulogio Alonso, had a successful ceramics workshop in the Barrio de la Luz, Puebla, where he made traditional poblano works such as pulque pitchers along with figural pieces such as these.
Estas esculturas figurativas retratan a dos figuras claves de la Revolución Mexicana de 1910-1920. El artista, Eulogio Alonso, tuvo un exitoso taller de cerámica en el Barrio de la Luz, Puebla, donde elaboró obras tradicionales poblanas como cántaros de pulque, junto con piezas figurativas como éstas.
(LA, 2020)
Estas esculturas figurativas retratan a dos figuras claves de la Revolución Mexicana de 1910-1920. El artista, Eulogio Alonso, tuvo un exitoso taller de cerámica en el Barrio de la Luz, Puebla, donde elaboró obras tradicionales poblanas como cántaros de pulque, junto con piezas figurativas como éstas.
(LA, 2020)
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