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Garden of Eden
Garden of Eden
Garden of Eden
Museum of International Folk Art
DepartmentHispano

Garden of Eden

NameSculpture
Maker George López (1900 - 1993)
Date1950 or before
Place madeCordova, New Mexico, United States, North America
MediumWood, glue, string
Dimensions21 1/4 × 25 3/16 × 24 in. (54 × 64 × 61 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, museum purchase, A.1951.17.1
Object numberA.1951.17.1a-c
DescriptionPlank bearing Adam and Eve, Eve with one arm upraised, and handing fruit to Adam with other, who reaches to take it from her. Second piece of Tree of Life with numerous fruit and a the devil in his guise of a serpent hiding in the tree. A third piece of a semi-circular leafy screen, with chip carved base and individually carved leaves from wood supports and dangling from a string suspended along the top.
Adam and Eve with Tree of Life
George López
ca. 1970's
Expulsion from the Garden of Eden
José Dolores López
1930s
Tree of Life
Sabinita López Ortiz
2014
Adam and Eve
George López
1950
FIGURE GROUP
CA 1965, STAFF
CANDELABRUM
Herón Martínez Mendoza
CA 1960, STAFF
Tree of Life
Vicentina Julião
1990s
Adam and Eve
Alexina Garcia Chavez
2014
Adam & Eve
c. 1985