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050 0 0 _aNK844
_b.R48 2002
082 1 _a745.0972 CAS
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245 0 0 _aCasa Mañana :
_bthe Morrow collection of Mexican popular arts
_c/ edited by Susan Danly ; introduction by Ilan Stavans.
250 _a1st ed.
260 _aAlbuquerque, NM
_b: Published for The Mead Art Museum, Amherst College by the University of New Mexico Press
_c, c2002.
300 _a199 p.
_b: illus.
_c; 27 cm.
500 _aPublished in conjunction with an exhibition of Mexican popular arts drawn from the collection of Dwight and Elizabeth Morrow.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 187-192) and index.
520 3 _aA collection of colorful array of handmade ceramic pots, lacquer ware trays, and striking textiles. U.S. ambassador to Mexico in the late 1920s, Dwight and Elizabeth Morrow played a crucial role in shaping the relationship between Mexico and the United States. At Casa Mañana the Morrows entertained Mexico's leading political and cultural figures. Elizabeth's love of traditional handicrafts merged with Dwight's political instincts to use popular, indigenous art and culture as a diplomatic tool to clebrate Mexico.
546 _aBilingual Spanish and English.
600 1 4 _aMorrow, Dwight W.
_q(Dwight Whitney)
_d(1873 - 1931)
_x-Art collection
600 1 4 _aMorrow, Elizabeth
_d(1873 - 1955)
_x-Art collection
610 1 4 _aCasa Mañana (Cuernavaca, Mexico)
610 1 4 _aMead Art Museum (Amherst College)
650 4 _aFolk Art
_z-Mexico
650 4 _aFolk Art
_x-Private collections
_z-Mexico
_z-Cuernavaca
650 4 _aFolk art
_z-Massachusetts
_z-Amherst
700 1 _aDanly, Susan
942 _cMO
999 _c246819
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