1997.135.2 Glass, Unknown factory (U.S.), c. 1950

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GENERAL DESCRIPTION  
These glasses (1997.135.2; 1997.135.3) depict Central American figures in native costume, while the tray (1997.135.1) features a stereotypical image of a Mexican peasant in sombrero and serape resting against a cactus surrounded by an array of brightly painted pottery. Although these pieces were not created as a set, they nevertheless have closely related imagery. 

Adapted from
Charles L. Venable, Ellen P. Denker, Katherine C. Grier, Stephen G. Harrison, China and Glass in America, 1880-1980: From Tabletop to TV Tray (New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 2000), 460, cat. 169.
NOTES
  • Tower Gallery: Latin American Art, 2017.
  • Fun Facts Sources: TMS, Notes/Curatorial Remarks, n.d.; Charles L. Venable, Ellen P. Denker, Katherine C. Grier, Stephen G. Harrison, China and Glass in America, 1880-1980: From Tabletop to TV Tray (New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 2000), 365, cat. 169.
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Artist/designers
Cultures
Geography 
United States (nation): TGN: 7012149
Process/materials
glass (material): AAT: 300010797
paint (coating): AAT: 300015029
mold-blown glass: AAT: 300233433
Historical periods
Individuals
Subject terms
vessels (containers): AAT: 300193015
drinking glasses: AAT: 300043230
decorative arts: AAT: 300054168
tableware: AAT: 300043196
modernist (European style): AAT: 300021474
geometric shape: AAT: 300263819
geometric motifs: AAT: 300009764
geometric patterns: AAT: 300165213
bands (decorative): DMA
lines (geometric concept): AAT: 300056279
circles (plane figures): AAT: 300055627
circular (shape): AAT: 300263827
zigzags (geometric patterns): AAT: 300165028
figures (representations): AAT: 300189808
human figures: AAT: 300404114
male: AAT: 300189559
men (male humans): AAT: 300025928
female: AAT: 300189557
women (female humans): AAT: 300025943
standing: AAT: 300239500
working class: AAT: 300055485
musical instruments: AAT: 300041620
musician: AAT: 300025666
sombreros (hats): AAT: 300210798
Saltillo sarapes: AAT: 300197798
sarapes (Spanish-American wearing blankets): AAT: 300197435
shirts (camisas / main garments): AAT: 300212499
trousers (pants / pantalón / pantalón rajado / main garments): AAT: 300209935
shoes (footwear): AAT: 300046065
sandals (footwear): AAT: 300046077
dresses (garments): AAT: 300046159
skirts (garments / refrajo / corte): AAT: 300209932
veils (headcloths): AAT: 300046128
guitar: AAT: 300042025
baskets (containers): AAT: 300194498
fruit (plant components): AAT: 300011868
sets (groups): AAT: 300133146
imagery (artistic device): AAT: 300055825
Central America (Mesoamerica): TGN: 7016739
costume: AAT: 300209261
costume (character dress): AAT: 300266810
trays: AAT: 300043071
stereotypical (concepts): DMA
peasants: AAT: 300230852
sleeping: AAT: 300375130
reclining: AAT: 300380165
cacti (cactus / Caryophyllales order): DMA
Caryophyllales (order/plant): AAT: 300375562
deserts: AAT: 300008916
vessels (containers): AAT: 300193015
Mexico (nation): TGN: 7005560
Mexican (North American styles and periods): AAT: 300107963
Native Mexican (North American styles and periods): AAT: 300386455
decorating (process): AAT: 300056257
RELATED OBJECTS 
PROVENANCE 
From 1997: Dallas Museum of Art, 20th-Century Design Fund (Al Zipfel, dealer) [1], [2]

[1] The main source for this provenance is existing information in TMS. Exceptions and other supporting documents are noted.

[2] The main source for this provenance is Committee on Collections Record (dated December 09, 1997, copy in Dallas Museum of Art Collections Records Object File). Exceptions and other supporting documents are noted.
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FUN FACTS
  • U.S. glassmakers and potteries decorated wares with stereotypical images of the American Southwest and Mexico in the 1930s and 1940s. "Mexican" (Mexican) ware was a popular form of casual dinner ware in the 1950s.
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General Description
 
These glasses (1997.135.2; 1997.135.3) depict Central American figures in native costume, while the tray (1997.135.1) features a stereotypical image of a Mexican peasant in sombrero and serape resting against a cactus surrounded by an array of brightly painted pottery. Although these pieces were not created as a set, they nevertheless have closely related imagery. 

Adapted from
Charles L. Venable, Ellen P. Denker, Katherine C. Grier, Stephen G. Harrison, China and Glass in America, 1880-1980: From Tabletop to TV Tray (New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 2000), 460, cat. 169.
Fun Facts
  • U.S. glassmakers and potteries decorated wares with stereotypical images of the American Southwest and Mexico in the 1930s and 1940s. "Mexican" (Mexican) ware was a popular form of casual dinner ware in the 1950s.
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Notes
  • Tower Gallery: Latin American Art, 2017.
  • Fun Facts Sources: TMS, Notes/Curatorial Remarks, n.d.; Charles L. Venable, Ellen P. Denker, Katherine C. Grier, Stephen G. Harrison, China and Glass in America, 1880-1980: From Tabletop to TV Tray (New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 2000), 365, cat. 169.
Catalogue essays
Artist/designers
Cultures
Geography 
United States (nation): TGN: 7012149
Process/materials
glass (material): AAT: 300010797
paint (coating): AAT: 300015029
mold-blown glass: AAT: 300233433
Historical periods
Individuals
Subject terms
vessels (containers): AAT: 300193015
drinking glasses: AAT: 300043230
decorative arts: AAT: 300054168
tableware: AAT: 300043196
modernist (European style): AAT: 300021474
geometric shape: AAT: 300263819
geometric motifs: AAT: 300009764
geometric patterns: AAT: 300165213
bands (decorative): DMA
lines (geometric concept): AAT: 300056279
circles (plane figures): AAT: 300055627
circular (shape): AAT: 300263827
zigzags (geometric patterns): AAT: 300165028
figures (representations): AAT: 300189808
human figures: AAT: 300404114
male: AAT: 300189559
men (male humans): AAT: 300025928
female: AAT: 300189557
women (female humans): AAT: 300025943
standing: AAT: 300239500
working class: AAT: 300055485
musical instruments: AAT: 300041620
musician: AAT: 300025666
sombreros (hats): AAT: 300210798
Saltillo sarapes: AAT: 300197798
sarapes (Spanish-American wearing blankets): AAT: 300197435
shirts (camisas / main garments): AAT: 300212499
trousers (pants / pantalón / pantalón rajado / main garments): AAT: 300209935
shoes (footwear): AAT: 300046065
sandals (footwear): AAT: 300046077
dresses (garments): AAT: 300046159
skirts (garments / refrajo / corte): AAT: 300209932
veils (headcloths): AAT: 300046128
guitar: AAT: 300042025
baskets (containers): AAT: 300194498
fruit (plant components): AAT: 300011868
sets (groups): AAT: 300133146
imagery (artistic device): AAT: 300055825
Central America (Mesoamerica): TGN: 7016739
costume: AAT: 300209261
costume (character dress): AAT: 300266810
trays: AAT: 300043071
stereotypical (concepts): DMA
peasants: AAT: 300230852
sleeping: AAT: 300375130
reclining: AAT: 300380165
cacti (cactus / Caryophyllales order): DMA
Caryophyllales (order/plant): AAT: 300375562
deserts: AAT: 300008916
vessels (containers): AAT: 300193015
Mexico (nation): TGN: 7005560
Mexican (North American styles and periods): AAT: 300107963
Native Mexican (North American styles and periods): AAT: 300386455
decorating (process): AAT: 300056257
RELATED OBJECTS 
PROVENANCE 
From 1997: Dallas Museum of Art, 20th-Century Design Fund (Al Zipfel, dealer) [1], [2]

[1] The main source for this provenance is existing information in TMS. Exceptions and other supporting documents are noted.

[2] The main source for this provenance is Committee on Collections Record (dated December 09, 1997, copy in Dallas Museum of Art Collections Records Object File). Exceptions and other supporting documents are noted.
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women: AAT: 300025943
Mexico (nation): TGN: 7005560
female: AAT: 300189557
paint (coating): AAT: 300015029
figures (representations): AAT: 300189808
circular (shape): AAT: 300263827
standing: AAT: 300239500
vessels (containers): AAT: 300193015
geometric motifs: AAT: 300009764
men: AAT: 300025928
male: AAT: 300189559
human figures: AAT: 300404114
Central America (Mesoamerica): TGN: 7016739
lines (geometric concept): AAT: 300056279
mold-blown glass: AAT: 300233433
United States (nation): TGN: 7012149
glass (material): AAT: 300010797
*Decorative Arts and Design
decorative arts: AAT: 300054168
tableware: AAT: 300043196
circles (plane figures): AAT: 300055627
bands (decorative): DMA
geometric shape: AAT: 300263819
musician: AAT: 300025666
musical instruments: AAT: 300041620
zigzags (geometric patterns): AAT: 300165028
shoes (footwear): AAT: 300046065
dresses (garments): AAT: 300046159
geometric abstraction: AAT: 300056509
working class: AAT: 300055485
modernist (European style): AAT: 300021474
costume: AAT: 300209261
trays: AAT: 300043071
peasants: AAT: 300230852
costume (character dress): AAT: 300266810
decorating (process): AAT: 300056257
baskets (containers): AAT: 300194498
Saltillo sarapes: AAT: 300197798
reclining: AAT: 300380165
drinking glasses: AAT: 300043230
sleeping: AAT: 300375130
deserts: AAT: 300008916
Caryophyllales (order/plant): AAT: 300375562
imagery (artistic device): AAT: 300055825
shirts (camisas / main garments): AAT: 300212499
trousers (pants / pantalón / pantalón rajado / main garments): AAT: 300209935
sombreros (hats): AAT: 300210798
Native Mexican (North American styles and periods): AAT: 300386455
Mexican (North American styles and periods): AAT: 300107963
sarapes (Spanish-American wearing blankets): AAT: 300197435
sandals (footwear): AAT: 300046077
sets (groups): AAT: 300133146
stereotypical (concepts): DMA
cacti (cactus/Cactacaeae family): AAT: 300417746
skirts (garments / refrajo / corte): AAT: 300209932
fruit (plant components): AAT: 300011868
veils (headcloths): AAT: 300046128
guitar: AAT: 300042025
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