1959 Wonderfully Naive Virgin of Guadaloupe Ex Voto Retablo on Tin farm tool perhaps his son

perhaps his son

and if there were ever a toy to embody the spirit of teamwork

the shorter 4 1/16"

"Fall Guy"

Approximately 5" in diameter x 2 3/4" tall

1959 Wonderfully Naive Virgin of Guadaloupe Ex Voto Retablo on Tin farm tool perhaps his sonThis is one of two marvelously naive mid 20th century ex voto retablos I purchased from a seller in California, quite similar in manner such that I might guess done by the same person, but with clearly different styles of writing at the bottoms so perhaps not, or perhaps the paintings were made for the subjects, who then painted the texts. Whatever the case, wonderful I think, with this super folky Virgin, feeling to me as holy as it gets, receiving