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

some of them showing carved plugs

These are French (and came straight from a seller in France) with the Jack of Clubs featuring the Gatteaux mark on shield

Certainly all sorts of things one might do with these pieces

A lovely face (with great brows) and neckline too

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