ALFREDO RAMOS MARTINEZ:
TWO WOMEN CARRYING BASKETS OF FLOWERS (UNTITLED)


Date
1946

Location
Margaret Fowler Memorial Garden
Scripps College
1030 Columbia Avenue (at 10th Street)
Claremont

Media Notes
Fresco, tempera, and underpainting, 9 panels, 100 feet long
Alfredo Ramos Martinez

Description
Flower vendors are featured in the covered patio along the enclosed garden's south wall. The artist died of pneumonia before finishing the work. In 1994 the college hired a team of conservators coordinated by the J. Paul Getty Museum to insure the artwork's survival.

photo © Robin Dunitz


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