Retablo, Trucks on Mountain Road
Maker
Vicenta Flores Ataucusi
(Peruvian, born 1966)
Maker
Claudio Jiménez Quispe
Date2007
Place madeLima, Peru, South America
MediumWood, potato flour, plaster, paint
Dimensions29 1/2 × 33 × 6 3/4 in. (74.9301 × 83.8202 × 17.145 cm)
ClassificationsCommercial Decorative Art
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, Gift of Connie Thrasher Jaquith, A.2007.26.9
Object numberA.2007.26.9
DescriptionRetablo showing trucks on a mountain road in highland Peru. Large shadow box with doors and a triangular section on top. All sides with bright multi-colored flowers and leaves in various designs. Inside of doors painted similarly. At the bottom inside is a village scene with many people, animals and two trucks. All from small images sculpted by the artists. The top half is a mountain scene with many cars, trucks and people traveling on two levels. Again all pieces sculpted by the artists. Back is painted red.On View
Not on viewCollections
1979, vendor
1990s
1999
