Works
Works by the Linares family
Alebrijes and skeletons in paper and cardboard, arranged in rooms like a museum, with the maker of each piece identified wherever the evidence allows. Tap any piece to see it large; each work also has its own page with its attribution and sources.
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- 5makers
- 22photographs
- 4rooms
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Room 1
Alebrijes
Creatures that gather several animals in one body: winged felines, frogs with beaks, tails that end in a serpent.
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Goat hornsFelipe Linares Mendoza2025 -
Lion with wingsLeonardo Linares Vargas2025 -
Barbas (Beard)Felipe Linares Vargas2025 -
5 views Jaguar alebrije with deer antlers*Felipe Linares VargasAlebrijes -
Alebrije by Pedro Linares, Museo de Arte Popular*Pedro LinaresMuseo de Arte Popular, Mexico City (according to the photograph)“Alebrije de Pedro Linares”, photograph by Centro de Documentación MAP, via Wikimedia Commons (opens in a new tab) · LicenseCC BY-SA 4.0 (opens in a new tab) -
2 views Winged tiger alebrije with serpent tail*Felipe Linares VargasAlebrijes -
Sculpture by Pedro Linares*Pedro LinaresAlebrijes“Alebrije sculpture”, photograph by Eden, Janine and Jim, via Wikimedia Commons (opens in a new tab) · LicenseCC BY 2.0 (opens in a new tab) -
2 views Frog alebrije with bird beak*Felipe Linares VargasAlebrijes -
Worm dragon with ram’s horns*Pedro LinaresAlebrijes“The Worm”, photograph by Eden, Janine and Jim, via Wikimedia Commons (opens in a new tab) · LicenseCC BY 2.0 (opens in a new tab) -
2 views Skeleton with butterfly wings riding an alebrije*Felipe Linares VargasAlebrijes -
Bird alebrije, Children’s Museum of Indianapolis*Pedro Linares1986 · The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis, United States (permanent collection)“Alebrije bird sculpture – detail”, photograph by Michelle Pemberton, The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis, via Wikimedia Commons (opens in a new tab) · LicenseCC BY-SA 3.0 (opens in a new tab) -
Photograph pendingImage to be added with permission from the museum or the artist. Rooster alebrije*Felipe Linares VargasMuseum of International Folk Art (traveling exhibition), Santa Fe, New Mexico -
See it at the museumAlebrije (opens in a new tab)Record and photograph of the work on the Museo Nacional de Culturas Populares siteMuseo Nacional de Culturas Populares, Secretaría de Cultura AlebrijeFelipe Linares Mendoza1993 · Museo Nacional de Culturas Populares, Mexico City -
See it at the museumWinged Dragon (Alebrije) (opens in a new tab)Photographs of the work on the Brooklyn Museum siteBrooklyn Museum photograph Winged Dragon (Alebrije)Felipe Linares MendozaBrooklyn Museum, New York (Arts of the Americas) -
See it at the museumFigure (alebrije) (opens in a new tab)Photograph of the work on the Fowler Museum siteFowler Museum at UCLA Figure (alebrije)Felipe Linares MendozaFowler Museum at UCLA, Los Angeles -
Striped alebrije with orange wings*Family workshop · maker to be identifiedAlebrijes -
Frog alebrije with butterfly wings*Family workshop · maker to be identifiedAlebrijes -
Suspended winged dragon*Felipe Linares, unclear which of the twoAlebrijes“alebrijes...felipe linares”, photograph by bob (waldopics), via Flickr (opens in a new tab) · LicenseCC BY 2.0 (opens in a new tab)
Room 2
Skulls and skeletons
Dressed and animated skeletons, one of the Linares family’s historic specialties.
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Skeleton with butterfly wings riding an alebrije*Felipe Linares VargasSkulls and skeletons -
Catrina with feathered headdress*Felipe Linares VargasSkulls and skeletons -
Photograph pendingImage to be added with permission from the museum or the artist. TzompantliFelipe Linares Vargas2010 · Museo Nacional de Culturas Populares, Mexico City -
See it at the museumSkull for Day of the Dead celebration (opens in a new tab)Record of the work on the National Museum of the American Indian siteSmithsonian, National Museum of the American Indian Skull for Day of the Dead celebrationFelipe Linares Mendoza1972 · Smithsonian, National Museum of the American Indian, Washington -
See it at the museumBoy with a little skull (opens in a new tab)Record and photograph of the work on the museum siteMuseo Nacional de Culturas Populares, Secretaría de Cultura Boy with a little skullLeonardo Linares Vargas1992 · Museo Nacional de Culturas Populares, Mexico City -
See it at the museumWoman with child (opens in a new tab)Record and photograph of the work on the museum siteMuseo Nacional de Culturas Populares, Secretaría de Cultura Woman with childDavid Linares Vargas1992 · Museo Nacional de Culturas Populares, Mexico City
Room 3
Works in collections
Works in institutional collections and exhibitions, documented with public sources.
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Alebrije by Pedro Linares, Museo de Arte Popular*Pedro LinaresMuseo de Arte Popular, Mexico City (according to the photograph)“Alebrije de Pedro Linares”, photograph by Centro de Documentación MAP, via Wikimedia Commons (opens in a new tab) · LicenseCC BY-SA 4.0 (opens in a new tab) -
Bird alebrije, Children’s Museum of Indianapolis*Pedro Linares1986 · The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis, United States (permanent collection)“Alebrije bird sculpture – detail”, photograph by Michelle Pemberton, The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis, via Wikimedia Commons (opens in a new tab) · LicenseCC BY-SA 3.0 (opens in a new tab) -
Photograph pendingImage to be added with permission from the museum or the artist. TzompantliFelipe Linares Vargas2010 · Museo Nacional de Culturas Populares, Mexico City -
Photograph pendingImage to be added with permission from the museum or the artist. Rooster alebrije*Felipe Linares VargasMuseum of International Folk Art (traveling exhibition), Santa Fe, New Mexico -
See it at the museumAlebrije (opens in a new tab)Record and photograph of the work on the Museo Nacional de Culturas Populares siteMuseo Nacional de Culturas Populares, Secretaría de Cultura AlebrijeFelipe Linares Mendoza1993 · Museo Nacional de Culturas Populares, Mexico City -
See it at the museumWinged Dragon (Alebrije) (opens in a new tab)Photographs of the work on the Brooklyn Museum siteBrooklyn Museum photograph Winged Dragon (Alebrije)Felipe Linares MendozaBrooklyn Museum, New York (Arts of the Americas) -
See it at the museumFigure (alebrije) (opens in a new tab)Photograph of the work on the Fowler Museum siteFowler Museum at UCLA Figure (alebrije)Felipe Linares MendozaFowler Museum at UCLA, Los Angeles -
See it at the museumSkull for Day of the Dead celebration (opens in a new tab)Record of the work on the National Museum of the American Indian siteSmithsonian, National Museum of the American Indian Skull for Day of the Dead celebrationFelipe Linares Mendoza1972 · Smithsonian, National Museum of the American Indian, Washington -
See it at the museumBoy with a little skull (opens in a new tab)Record and photograph of the work on the museum siteMuseo Nacional de Culturas Populares, Secretaría de Cultura Boy with a little skullLeonardo Linares Vargas1992 · Museo Nacional de Culturas Populares, Mexico City -
See it at the museumWoman with child (opens in a new tab)Record and photograph of the work on the museum siteMuseo Nacional de Culturas Populares, Secretaría de Cultura Woman with childDavid Linares Vargas1992 · Museo Nacional de Culturas Populares, Mexico City
Room 4
Commissions and collaborations
Commissioned and collaborative pieces.
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Barbas (Beard)Felipe Linares Vargas2025
* Descriptive title, pending confirmation by the artist. Records, dimensions and years will be completed with confirmation from the family and the museums.