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Felipe Linares Mendoza Master cartonero · Mexico City
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Skeletal athletes for the Mexico City 1968 Olympic Games

1968 · Mexico City

For the Olympic Games, Dolores Olmedo contracted Pedro Linares and his sons to create life-size skeletal figures of athletes; the 1968 cultural program also promoted the workshop’s work.

  • EvidenceBibliography
  • Related peoplePedro Linares López · Creator of the alebrijes · National Prize for Arts and Sciences, 1990

Sources and references

  1. Linares family (alebrijes and cartonería), Wikipedia (citing Susan N. Masuoka, En Calavera, 1994)
  2. “Recordando el trabajo y alebrijes de Pedro Linares”, interview with Leonardo Linares, Capital 21 (2023-02-16)