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132 The Lute Player, 1986 Bronze; 24 x 19 x 9 in. Collection of Dr. Tlaloc Alférez LOUISIANA: THE NEW CENTURY ENRIQUE ALFÉREZ b. 1901, San Miguel de Mezquital, Zacatecas, Mexico d. 1999, New Orleans, Louisiana Sculptor Enrique Alférez’s life spanned almost the entire twentieth century, much of it spent creating art works in Louisiana. His graceful art deco pieces are prolific in the parks and gardens, airports, and corporate and government buildings of his adopted city of New Orleans. His sculpture, influenced by the earthy realism of his native Mexico, brought an elegance to public art in New Orleans, much like that found in the great cities of the world. Ogden Museum curator David Houston wrote, “Like most Mexican artists of his generation he could not escape the powerful ancestral legacy of the art of pre-Columbian Mexico. Also, his use of clear, elemental forms is dramatized by the open dynamic energies prevalent in the art of the Colonial Baroque, the European-influenced art of the Catholic Church in Mexico.” JRK  http://www.knowla.org/entry.php?rec=989 http://www.knowla.org/entry.php?rec=989

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