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Photography by Edward C. Robison III
Florida Mexicana
Florida Mexicana depicts an Indigenous Mexican woman offering a large bowl of vibrant flowers. Alfredo Ramos Martínez balances sculptural form with a focus on pattern and color to create an image that is at once modern and retrospective. Despite being painted in 1936 at the height of the Great Depression, this painting provides an idyllic scene of bountiful nature. The woman becomes an allegorical symbol of spring, new life, and hope.
ArtistAlfredo Ramos Martínez, Mexican, 1871–1946
Dateca. 1936
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions45 1/2 x 39 1/2 x 2 3/4 in.
Signedl.r.: RAMOS MARTÍNEZ
Credit LineCrystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas, 2015.19
ClassificationPainting
Provenanceto Estate of Alfredo Ramos Martínez, 1946; by descent to Maria Sodi de Ramos Martínez [d. 1985] (Artist’s widow); (Dalzell Hatfield Galleries, Los Angeles, CA); purchased by Edwin Janss [1914-1989], Los Angeles, CA, ca. 1950s; by descent to Dagny Janss Corcoran (his daughter), Los Angeles, CA, 1989; to (Christie’s Private Sales, London, England); purchased by Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, AR, 2015
On ViewYes
This artwork's face covers about 247× the area of a tennis ball.Drawn to the same scale.
