MEXICAN PEASANTS

Davis visited Mexico and the American Southwest in 1940. He was immediately influenced by the appearance and the ways of the Mexican people and by Native American arts and crafts. On return to his studio he carved a Mexican man and woman directly in gray granite. The man stands ___ inches and is polished smooth; the woman is ___ inches and the stone left rough. The couple are dressed as rural folk, farmers, or peasants. These sculptures were exhibited at Georg Jensen Inc., New York, in 1941 and elsewhere.