Title:
Galería Decorated France????
Creator/Contributor:
Artist Unknown, Artist
Date:
1977
Subject:
Altars
Ceramics
Chicano art
Chicanos
Coffins
Crosses in art
Death in art
Día de los muertos
Fences in art
Calaveras
Flowers in art
Heart in art
Marigolds
Mexican American art
Mexican Americans
Pan de muerto
Papel picado
Thorns
Nature in art
San Francisco (Calif.)
Posada, José Guadalupe, 1852-1913
Note:
Altar from El Día de los Muertos Exhibition 1977 at Galería de la Raza. Image is of a black coffin with a large ornate cross
upright at the head. At the juncture of the cross is a sacred heart with thorns around it. Horizontal axis of cross reads,
"Teofila Mateos", and the vertical axis reads, "el 2 de Nov de 1972". On top of the coffin rest various objects. Among them
are a sheet of papel picado with Posada's "La Catrina", another cross, a full ceramic bowl, and a tray with pan de muertos.
The edge of the coffin is trimmed with marigold. All around the coffin on the floor are branches. Pieces of a white picket
fence surround the coffin.
Cat.3 097)(3)
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Type:
35mm slide
Assemblage (art)
Language:
Spanish
Identifier:
CEMA 4
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