UNTITLED, glazed terra cotta ceramic tile, 13 x 6 x 1”. Note: According to CaliforniaArt.com “This is No. #1 of Al Kramer’s Inventory of Mabel Alvarez artworks”. “Sculpting the clay in her own studio, she created painted and glazed tiles, plaques, concrete bas reliefs, and a fountain. The finished pieces were sent to the Italian Terracotta Company for firing. Dancing Woman combines all three of her late 1920s interests - her interest in decorative art, her fascination with the ideal and spiritual, and her exploration of the ceramic medium. The blue-green glaze may have been inspired by Persian ceramics. Just before the stock market crash of 1929 she received a major commission to create all the garden tiles for a new home being built by one of the Hollywood stars. The Depression forestalled the project.”

Chips near foot and along edges, otherwise in good aged condition.