Large Bustamonte Smiling Sun Wall Sculpture

Sergio Bustamante (Mexican, b. 1942-). Polychromed papier-mache wall sculpture depicting a large male sun with bushy eyebrows, mustache and smiling, rotund face, within twenty-five reddish orange shaped rays. Signed and numbered lower right #21/100. Approximate height 48", width 50". Note: Sergio Bustamante studied architecture at the University of Guadalajara and sold his artwork while in school, beginning in 1960. After graduating, he worked with local ceramicists, eventually opened his own studio and sold work to Neiman Marcus, Bloomingdales, and Harrods department stores. In the early 1970's, he traveled to Amsterdam, where he further developed his talents. After his return to Guadalajara, he established in 1975, along with other artists, the "Family Workshop Studio" in Tlaquepaque, Jalisco, Mexico.