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Ignacio Flores Arias

Carved

Folk Art Panel

Mexico

We offer a mid century carved folk art panel by the noted Mexican wood carver and sculptor Ignacio Flores Arias.

The carved panel depicts three women and two children.

The panel is signed at the lower right corner “Arias”.

The carved panel measures 9 7/8” in width, 9 3/4" in height, and 1” in depth.

The carved panel is presented in very good vintage condition.

Ignacio Flores Arias

Mexican (born 1906)

Arias was a noted wood carver known for his small sculptures and wood panels depicting the indigenous Mexican culture. He was a contemporary artist to Frida Kahlo in the 1940s and 1950s. His later years found him instructing wood carving at the Museo Universitario de Ciencias y Arte in Mexico City.

In 1985, Arias curated an exhibition on sculpture and authored the adjoining catalogue “Reminiscencias escultoricas de la Escuela Mexicana: Ignacio Flores Arias : Museo Universitario de Ciencias y Arte, Foro de las Artes, Julio-Agosto, 1985”.

Author: Ignacio Flores Arias

Contributor Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. Museo Universitario de Ciencias y Arte

Publisher: Museo Universitario de Ciencias y Arte, 1985.