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<p>[QUOTE="2manybooks, post: 9539347, member: 8267"]He seems to have made a variety of styles of owls. In 1963 he established a workshop in Tonala, Mexico, with Melquiades Preciado, making paper mache figures. The company was called Ser-Mel, and the examples of their work that I have found are signed "Ser-Mel, Tonala, Mexico". The painting style of yours is very characteristic of the traditional Tonala style of painting on pottery. </p><p><br /></p><p>This owl looks very similar to yours, described as painted wood, but it is not signed -</p><p>[ATTACH=full]453328[/ATTACH] </p><p><a href="https://en.todocoleccion.net/art-sculpture/buho-madera-pintado~x388759484" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.todocoleccion.net/art-sculpture/buho-madera-pintado~x388759484" rel="nofollow">https://en.todocoleccion.net/art-sculpture/buho-madera-pintado~x388759484</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Here is a paper mache owl, signed Ser-Mel -</p><p>[ATTACH=full]453330[/ATTACH] </p><p><a href="https://www.1stdibs.com/furniture/decorative-objects/sculptures/animal-sculptures/mexican-sermel-papier-mache-owl-sculpture/id-f_19150412/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.1stdibs.com/furniture/decorative-objects/sculptures/animal-sculptures/mexican-sermel-papier-mache-owl-sculpture/id-f_19150412/" rel="nofollow">https://www.1stdibs.com/furniture/decorative-objects/sculptures/animal-sculptures/mexican-sermel-papier-mache-owl-sculpture/id-f_19150412/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>A paper mache owl signed Sergio Bustamante -</p><p>[ATTACH=full]453331[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot/sergio-bustamante-papier-mache-owl-sculpture-94-c-dc74d0da6a" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot/sergio-bustamante-papier-mache-owl-sculpture-94-c-dc74d0da6a" rel="nofollow">https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot/sergio-bustamante-papier-mache-owl-sculpture-94-c-dc74d0da6a</a></p><p><br /></p><p>And 2 mixed metal versions, signed Sergio Bustamante -</p><p>[ATTACH=full]453332[/ATTACH] </p><p><a href="https://www.icollector.com/2-SERGIO-BUSTAMANTE-MIXED-METAL-OWLS_i13805230" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.icollector.com/2-SERGIO-BUSTAMANTE-MIXED-METAL-OWLS_i13805230" rel="nofollow">https://www.icollector.com/2-SERGIO-BUSTAMANTE-MIXED-METAL-OWLS_i13805230</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Without any signature on yours, however, I think you could only say they are in Bustamante's style.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="2manybooks, post: 9539347, member: 8267"]He seems to have made a variety of styles of owls. In 1963 he established a workshop in Tonala, Mexico, with Melquiades Preciado, making paper mache figures. The company was called Ser-Mel, and the examples of their work that I have found are signed "Ser-Mel, Tonala, Mexico". The painting style of yours is very characteristic of the traditional Tonala style of painting on pottery. This owl looks very similar to yours, described as painted wood, but it is not signed - [ATTACH=full]453328[/ATTACH] [URL]https://en.todocoleccion.net/art-sculpture/buho-madera-pintado~x388759484[/URL] Here is a paper mache owl, signed Ser-Mel - [ATTACH=full]453330[/ATTACH] [URL]https://www.1stdibs.com/furniture/decorative-objects/sculptures/animal-sculptures/mexican-sermel-papier-mache-owl-sculpture/id-f_19150412/[/URL] A paper mache owl signed Sergio Bustamante - [ATTACH=full]453331[/ATTACH] [URL]https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot/sergio-bustamante-papier-mache-owl-sculpture-94-c-dc74d0da6a[/URL] And 2 mixed metal versions, signed Sergio Bustamante - [ATTACH=full]453332[/ATTACH] [URL]https://www.icollector.com/2-SERGIO-BUSTAMANTE-MIXED-METAL-OWLS_i13805230[/URL] Without any signature on yours, however, I think you could only say they are in Bustamante's style.[/QUOTE]
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