The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of December 19, 2025
Oaxaca Series #2
1981
(American, 1921–1989)
Overall: 25.4 x 20.3 x 2.5 cm (10 x 8 x 1 in.)
Location: Not on view
Did You Know?
The amate paper used in this collage, while purchased by Ward in Oaxaca, Mexico, is actually produced in the nearby state of Guerrero, Mexico.Description
The artist and her husband spent several weeks each winter in Oaxaca, Mexico, where this series was created. The ixtle fiber, amate paper, and clay beads used in this collage, as well as in the artist’s Oaxaca Series, were locally sourced by her from an artisan’s market in Oaxaca.- Ward, Evelyn Svec, and William E. Ward. Evelyn Svec Ward: Retrospective. Westerville, Ohio: Otterbein College, 1990. p. 38
- Evelyn Svec Ward Retrospective. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 28, 1990-February 3, 1991); Battalle Fine Arts Center, Westerville, OH (April 1-May 5, 1991).
- {{cite web|title=Oaxaca Series #2|url=false|author=Evelyn Svec Ward|year=1981|access-date=19 December 2025|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}
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https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1981.1023