San Roque
NamePainting
Maker
Juan Amadeo Sanchez
(1901 - 1969)
CultureHispano
Date1930's
Place madeLas Vegas/Colmor, New Mexico, United States, North America
Mediumwood, paint, gesso
DimensionsOverall: 16 1/4 x 9 3/8 x 5/8 in. (41.275 x 23.8125 x 1.5875 cm)
Credit LineLoan from the Fine Arts Collection, U.S. General Services Administration WPA, Federal Art Project, 1935-1943
Object numberL.2018.2.41
DescriptionBlack bearded and hatted male figure with halo dressed in a knee-length tunic with long sleeves. His left hand holds his stomach, and his right reaches down to a dog standing on its hind legs. A circular "sun" in a triangle peaks from behind his left hip, and a man in the moon is to the right of his right shoulder. All these images are yellow against a washed light green background and a dark green frame with red lozenge shapes in each corner. An unpainted carved lunette forms the top. Handwritten title and signature on the back, but not in artist's writing.
