[Family of three]
Sculpture
Photograph
Unidentified
Maker
[Family of three]
ca. 1955
Gelatin silver print with applied color mounted on wood
Overall: 32 x 30.8 x 6.2 cm (12 5/8 x 12 1/8 x 2 7/16 in.)
Purchase with funds from the Ford Motor Company Fund
1997.1824.0001
Inscriptions recto-(in pencil) "7 P (?)"
TextA phenomenon exclusive to Mexico, photosculptures (foto-escultura) were wildly popular from the 1930s to the 1970s. The wooden reliefs were double-glazed and occasionally embellished with lace, cloth, buttons, or paste jewelry. (The glazing of the examples shown here is now lost.) Although commercially produced photosculptures of movie stars and political figures were available, the objects were most often commissioned by individuals for display in their homes or in family mausoleums, where they commemorated important events and loved ones.
