Spanish Market
NameSculpture
Maker
Nicholas Herrera
(Hispano, born 1964)
CultureHispano
Date2003
Place madeEl Rito, New Mexico, United States, North America
MediumWood, acrylics, paper, leather, rusted metal, nails, gesso
DimensionsOverall: 26 3/4 x 29 3/4 x 21 3/4 in. (67.945 x 75.565 x 55.245 cm)
Credit LineGift of Diane & Sandy Besser Collection, IFAF
Object numberFA.2005.44.3
DescriptionA man (the artist) dressed in black vest, blue pants, and brown hat and shoes, holding a sacred heart with Cristo imago on green pedestal stands behind a brown table. Standing on the table are three bultos: St Rafael in blue, Guadalupe in red & blue and St. Francis in brown. On the table are eight retablos: Our Lady of Sorrows, a Shepherd, St. Peter, St. Librada, Sacred Heart, Holy Trinity, Cristo Crucificado, and skeleton death figure with white stars and red skirt and shoes (mirroring Guadalupe). Around her neck is a camera and in right hand is paper money. On the base to her right is her brown purse with a Guadalupe retablo stuck in it. To the right of the table is a death cart with a white skeleton in it holding a brown hatchet in the right hand and a black cross in the left. The cart is made of unpainted wood with rusted metal edges and rubber tire treads. The top of the base is black with red edge and green sides. "Spanish Market" is written on the front side of the base.
