[Sailor and Girl with Budai Sculpture]
Collection: Collection on the 1939-1940 New York World's Fair
Date: 1940
Material: height: 20 x width: 29 inches
Creator: Márquez, Luis, 1899-1978
Identifier: aql:1977 2011.5.10wf39 QMOA
Description: Woman in Mexican dress with sailor posing next to a large sculpture of Budai, a smiling Chinese Buddhist monk who is often mistakenly referred to as the Buddha. The sailor is kneeling down and rubbing on the sculpture's belly. Photo by photographer, folklorist, and filmmaker Luis Marquez, who was invited by the Mexican government to participate in the 1940 season of the Fair.
Creator :
Márquez, Luis, 1899-1978
Date :
1940
Summary/Description :
Woman in Mexican dress with sailor posing next to a large sculpture of Budai, a smiling Chinese Buddhist monk who is often mistakenly referred to as the Buddha. The sailor is kneeling down and rubbing on the sculpture's belly. Photo by photographer, folklorist, and filmmaker Luis Marquez, who was invited by the Mexican government to participate in the 1940 season of the Fair.
Subject :
New York World's Fair (1939-1940 : New York, N.Y.); Sailors; Sculpture; Buddhist gods; Buddhist monks; Women
Rights :
This object is part of the collection of the Queens Museum, and was cataloged with the generous support of the Council on Libraries and Information Resources (CLIR) as part of a Cataloging Hidden and Special Collections and Archives grant project, in collaboration with the Museum of the City of New York and Queens Library. These objects cannot be accessed at the Queens Library. Please contact info@queensmuseum.org in order to learn more about the object or to access it.
Coverage :
Queens (New York, N.Y.) Flushing Meadows-Corona Park (New York, N.Y.) Mexico
Type :
Digital Photographs
Format :
height: 20 x width: 29 inches
Identifier :
aql:1977 2011.5.10wf39 QMOA
Subject:
New York World's Fair (1939-1940 : New York, N.Y.); Sailors; Sculpture; Buddhist gods; Buddhist monks; Women
New York World's Fair (1939-1940 : New York, N.Y.); Sailors; Sculpture; Buddhist gods; Buddhist monks; Women
Rights Notice
This object is part of the collection of the Queens Museum, and was cataloged with the generous support of the Council on Libraries and Information Resources (CLIR) as part of a Cataloging Hidden and Special Collections and Archives grant project, in collaboration with the Museum of the City of New York and Queens Library. These objects cannot be accessed at the Queens Library. Please contact info@queensmuseum.org in order to learn more about the object or to access it.
This object is part of the collection of the Queens Museum, and was cataloged with the generous support of the Council on Libraries and Information Resources (CLIR) as part of a Cataloging Hidden and Special Collections and Archives grant project, in collaboration with the Museum of the City of New York and Queens Library. These objects cannot be accessed at the Queens Library. Please contact info@queensmuseum.org in order to learn more about the object or to access it.
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