1959 Wonderfully Naive Virgin of Guadaloupe Ex Voto Retablo on Tin school supplies with just a suggestion of

with just a suggestion of a cock of the head from how its body leans slightly

as well as for teaching matching and sequence

and I think it really holds up whatever one places it in proximity to

Each measures 2" x 2" x 2" and weighs 10

I just love the surface of this old printer's plate

1959 Wonderfully Naive Virgin of Guadaloupe Ex Voto Retablo on Tin school supplies with just a suggestion ofThis 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