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California Hand Prints
Textile Length, 'Mexican Sombrero'circa 1941

Not on view
Textile or printed surface design with an allover repeating pattern of decorated sombreros in tomato red, marigold, and amber on an off-white ground
Printed textile in cream, red, and yellow, depicting partial views of decorative circular medallions with Greek key and geometric border patterns, a twisted rope, and a wide-brimmed hat with rolled brim; flat, bold graphic style with the printed text "California Hand Prints" at lower right.

California Hand Prints, Textile Length, 'Mexican Sombrero', circa 1941, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Esther Ginsberg and Harry Eden in honor of Bob and Rhonda Heintz, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Design House
California Hand Prints
United States, California, Hermosa Beach, founded 1936
Title
Textile Length, 'Mexican Sombrero'
Place Made
United States, California
Date Made
circa 1941
Medium
Printed cotton
Dimensions
61 1/4 x 48 in. (155.57 x 121.92 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Esther Ginsberg and Harry Eden in honor of Bob and Rhonda Heintz
Accession Number
AC1999.42.1
Classification
Textiles
Collecting Area
Costume and Textiles
Selected Bibliography

  • Barron, Stephanie, S. Bernstein and I. S. Fort, with essays by Stephanie Barron, Sherri Bernstein, M. Dear, Howard N. Fox and Richard Rodriguez. Made in California: Art, Image, and Identity, 1900-2000. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art and Berkeley: University of California Press, Berkeley, 2000.

  • Kaplan, Wendy, ed. California Design, 1930-1965: Living in a Modern Way. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press, 2011.
  • Kaplan, Wendy, ed. Living in a Modern Way: California Design, 1930-1965. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2013.
Selected Exhibition History
  • California Design, 1930–1965: "Living in a Modern Way". October 1, 2011 - June 3, 2012

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