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

A lovely face (with great brows) and neckline too

All the better that handwritten right upon it is the history of its making: “Made from 1 piece red elm 1942 by Corina Layson”

Just a charmer

It is hard to capture in photos

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