Mother and Sons: C. 1940s-50s Mexican Folk Art Fotoescultura cigar chest tampa fl some of them showing carved

some of them showing carved plugs

It is hard to capture in photos

Certainly all sorts of things one might do with these pieces

In 1917 they created The Village Store and Tea Room in New York City

Just a charmer

Mother and Sons: C. 1940s-50s Mexican Folk Art Fotoescultura cigar chest tampa fl some of them showing carvedA second fotoescultura today, from the same collection as the wedding couple I listed last week, which since found a new home in a great collection and since motherhood is a theme running through several listings today, it seemed right to share this one now. From the website of the Met Museum: "Fotoescultura is a Mexican folk art form that flourished from the late 1920s through the early 1980s. Often commissioned by traveling salesmen to honor