Mother and Sons: C. 1940s-50s Mexican Folk Art Fotoescultura cigar chest tampa fl It is hard to capture

It is hard to capture in photos

) cracked but stable (there's a bit of old chipping along the top edge

Painting itself: 5 3/8" x 3 11/16"

A lovely face (with great brows) and neckline too

some of them showing carved plugs

Mother and Sons: C. 1940s-50s Mexican Folk Art Fotoescultura cigar chest tampa fl It is hard to captureA 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