DepartmentHispano

Our Lady of San Juan

NameFigure sculpture

Artist or maker Frank Nazario Lucero

Artist or maker Steve Lucero

Date1999

Place madeSanta Fe, New Mexico, United States, North America

MediumWood, tin, paint

DimensionsOverall: 24 x 22 in. (60.96 x 55.88 cm)

Credit LineGift of Sandy Besser, IFAF Collection

Object numberFA.2002.49.42ab

DescriptionFemale figure with long black hair wearing a blue jacket and open front skirt with brown undergarment decorated with three rows of lozenge shaped pendants on green and yellow ribbons and a crescent moon (a). She stands on a round brown ball and a brown base decorated with flowers and vines. On the ends of a wider and browner base are two tin candle holders that are round and scalloped. Scalloped legs painted with red flowers support the piece. The tin crown she wears is separate (b). The piece is titled, dated, and signed on the bottom. Also signed and dated on the back of the base.