Mexican Folk Art Sculpture of Tourist Couple on Bench, Signed Josefina Aguilar

Latin America, Mexico, Oaxaca, Ocotlan de Morelos. Polychrome ceramic sculpture by Josefina Aguilar, depicting a pair of tourists seated on a green bench with speckled decoration. The woman wears a pink dress and holds a black bag in her lap. The man wears white eyeglasses, a blue plaid shirt, and a black camera lettered KODAK. Both figures are hand modeled in fired clay and painted in acrylic. Josefina Aguilar (1945-2026) of Ocotlán de Morelos, Oaxaca, is among Mexico's most celebrated folk artists, continuing the red-clay figural tradition of her mother, Isaura Alcántara Díaz, and her muñecas are held in museum collections internationally. Item # 204307

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