"Patrocino Barela, with three of his wood carvings and his little son. This humble day laborer of New Mexico is the most dramatic discovery made in American art for the past several years. Seven of his remarkable wood carvings are included in New Horizons in American Art, an exhibition of outstanding work done under the Federal Art Porject which will be on view at the Museum of Modern Art, New York City, until October 12.NEW HORIZONS IN AMERICAN ART, Federal Art Project Exhibition, Works Progress Administration, Sept. 16, 1936 to Oct. 12, 1936, The Museum of Modern Art, 11 West 53 Street, New York." Research photograph associated with the exhibition, "New Horizons in American Art."
September 14, 1936–October 12, 1936. Photographic Archive. The Museum of Modern Art Archives, New York. IN52.1