Las artes populares en Mexico
This 1921 Mexico City survey of Mexican folk arts, written by the painter-writer Dr. Atl (Gerardo Murillo), documents regional craft traditions for a general readership interested in national popular culture. The four photographs show pottery: a tall necked vessel with a painted figure and geometric bands, a squat bowl covered in stylized flowers and birds, a pair of plates with scroll and flower motifs, and two rough earthenware jars, one with a rope handle. A designer could draw on their bold banded geometry, floral scroll patterns, and earthy natural-clay surfaces.
