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Mujer de Saliagos

Manuel Felguérez1998

Fundación Universidad de las Américas Puebla

Fundación Universidad de las Américas Puebla
San Andrés Cholula, Puebla, Mexico

An abstract white art piece with an female shape in yellow ocher and black.
Manuel Felguérez is a multidisciplinary artist who used different forms of abstraction.
Felguérez said in multiple time that his art is related to Europe and that relationship is evident in "Mujer de Salgados ". The name makes a refference to a Neolitic marble sculpture found on the island of Saliagos named "The Fat Lady of Saliagos", in addition the shape the talavera piece has similarities.

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  • Title: Mujer de Saliagos
  • Creator: Manuel Felguérez
  • Creator Lifespan: 1928
  • Creator Nationality: Mexican
  • Creator Gender: Male
  • Creator Death Place: Zacatecas, México.
  • Creator Birth Place: Valparaíso, Mexico
  • Date: 1998
  • Date Created: 1998
  • Physical Location: Mexico
  • Location: Puebla, México
  • Location Created: Zacatecas, México
  • Publication: Catálogo Talavera Contemporánea (1999)
  • Physical Dimensions: h32 x w38 x d28 cm (Complete)
  • Painter: Manuel Felguérez
  • Origin: Mexico
  • Art Exhibition: Talavera Contemporánea, Galería de Arte Contemporáneo, Puebla, 1999
  • Provenance: Fundación Universidad de las Américas Puebla
  • Type: Contemporary Talavera
  • Rights: Fundación Universidad de las Américas Puebla
  • External Link: Fundación Universidad de las Américas Puebla
  • Medium: Talavera pottery
  • Art Movement: La Ruptura
Fundación Universidad de las Américas Puebla

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