COLLECTION NAME:
Santo Collection
Record
Creator display:
unknown artist
Date display:
1975 circa
Title:
Nuestra Señora
Title:
Our Lady
Description:
Standing female figure shallowly carved into unpainted block of wood.
Note Fr. Steele:
"wisely anonymous" | "UGGGGHly--Nuestra Señora del Frankenstein" | Thomas J. Steele, S.J., purchase notes | "seller said 'at least 15 yrs old . . . done by an Albuquerque carver'" | "truly no skill, talent, or experience . . . or the right tools--saw, woodrasp, axe-adze, knife, x-acto? gouge (used to make necklace & cross designs; pencil (eyes & mouth). Had some sort of a halo--3 holes in neck/head. Seems to be from unmilled wood--or from a scrap of a 4 x 4." | "Truly cubist by pure accident--human body deconstructed."
Inscription:
carved in bottom: AVS
Location name:
Albuquerque
Location name:
New Mexico
Location name:
Bernalillo (county)
Materials display:
carved wood (plant material)
Material name:
wood (plant material)
Source name:
Thomas J. Steele, S.J.: The Regis University Collection of New Mexico and Colorado Santos.
Subject term:
Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint
Work type:
bultos
Work type:
sculpture (visual works)
Provenance note:
1990, Albuquerque, Fairgrounds Flea Market
Accession number:
RU0138
Measurements display:
24 x 8.6 x 4.4 cm
Rights text:
IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED