Pink Flower
Pink Flower

Pink Flower


Collection

A.V. Shirk Collection


Identifier

SH99


Artist

Gabino Reyes Lopez


Description

A pink hand painted and carved wooden flower grows from a wood block. The hand made wooden butterfly has the same colors and patterns associated with the Monarch Butterfly that flies south to Mexico and North to US in the fall and spring. A hand carved caterpillar gives the begining to where the butterfly evolves from.


Related Person
Medium

wood

Inscription

caterpillar missing antenna

Width

4.75in

Height

5.5in

Length

3.5in

Where Made (Region)

La Union Tejalapam, Oaxaca

Where Made (Country)

Mexico

How Acquired

Donation

When Acquired

Feb 20 2019

Name of Donor

Austin Friends of Folk Art