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Art Deco Tiles

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A series art deco tiles designed by the avant-garde Mexican artist Agustín Lazo for Carlos Chávez’ Aztec Ballet, El fuego nuevo, in 1927. Tiles such as these were also exhibited in 1928 in the traveling ceramic exhibition organized by the American Federation of Arts, beginning at the Metropolitan Museum of Art .

Documentation:	Makers Label/Invoice
Notes:	stamped verso
Period:	1920-1949
Materials:	Earthenware with gold and silver luster glaze
Condition:	Good. Excellent condition, no crack to the tiles, some with small chips to the outer edges which have been repaired and re gilded
Creation Date:	1927
Styles / Movements:	Art Deco, Modern
Patterns:	Modern
Incollect Reference #:	809449