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Florida Mexicana

Artist Alfredo Ramos Martínez (Mexican, 1871 - 1946)

Dateca. 1936

MediumOil on canvas

Dimensions36 × 30 in. (91.4 × 76.2 cm)
Framed: 45 1/2 × 39 1/2 × 2 3/4 in.

ClassificationsPainting

Credit LineCrystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas, 2015.19

Signedl.r.: RAMOS MARTÍNEZ

Accession number 2015.19

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Collections

Spring

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
Label TextFlorida 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.

Florida Mexicana representa una mujer indígena de México ofreciendo un tazón grande de flores vibrantes. Alfredo Ramos Martínez compensa la forma escultural con un enfoque en el patrón y el color para crear una imagen a la vez moderna y retrospectiva. A pesar de haber sido pintada en 1936, en el apogeo de la Gran Depresión, esta pintura ofrece una escena idílica de la naturaleza abundante. La mujer se convierte en un símbolo alegórico de la primavera, la nueva vida y la esperanza.