An iconic vintage 1950s handmade mixed metals sterling and brass on ebonized wood Mexican modernist Last Supper wall-sculpture artwork by the Talleres Monasticos of Cuernavaca Mexico, also known as Emaus and the Benedictine Monks of Cuernavaca. Designed by Ernesto Paulsen Camba (1925-2006) who was a Mexican modernist sculptor/architect/designer, and who provided designs for the Emaus workshop in the 1950s. His architectural and design work was a major part of the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City, and he was a contemporary of Clara Porset, Van Beuren and Shoemaker, among others. Probably the most iconic and desirable version of the Last Supper made by the Talleres Monasticos, and especially given the great condition! The sterling and brass pieces are raised above the black wood base in the technique called 'metales divorciados' (divorced metals) first developed by Chato Castillo of Los Castillo in Taxco in the 1940s. The Emaus workshop sold their work through the Los Castillo shop in Taxco, and also in the Sanborn's department store in Mexico City. Measures 17.75" across by 6" high at front by 1" thick, and has the hanging apparatus at back as shown. Has both the sterling silver plaque at back with complete markings for the Talkers Monasticos including "Sterling Talleres Monasticos" and the Eagle 1 mark that means that this item was tested by the Mexican government for sterling content in Mexico City, and also the paper labels that are usually missing as they were only glued on at back. The applied design at front is primarily sterling silver with two additional pieces of brass, and has some tarnish as shown which can be easily polished away if you desire to do so. Excellent vintage condition.
A Talleres Monasticos handmade sterling silver and brass on ebony Mexican modernist Last Supper wall sculpture.
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