Untitled (scroll)

NameDrawing

Artist Martín Ramírez (1895-1963)

Dateca. 1950

Place madeAuburn, California, United States, North America

MediumBrown paper, colored pencil, markers, adhesive (spit and/or starch)

DimensionsUnframed: 102 × 24 in. (259.1 × 61 cm; 8.5 feet tall)
Framed: 69 1/16 × 30 1/4 × 2 3/8 in. (175.4 × 76.8 × 6 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Ms. Hope Aldrich, A.2013.26.1

Object numberA.2013.26.1

ProvenanceGifted to the museum by Ms. Hope Aldrich (Rockefeller) with help from a curator at the New School of Art Collection. In a letter from Eric L. Stark, the curator, he indicates that "this gift was given in recognition of her long and special relationship to the citry of Santa Fe." No additional provenance is indicated in the file.

DescriptionBrown paper bag, three sections "glued" together to make a scroll, a bag handle evident on top. The scene drawn with a large church at bottom, roads, trees, cars and buses, a total of six white churches, three figures on horses of various styles and a multi-storied and windowed building at upper proper left. Swirls and decorative cross hatching form the roads, trees, and buildings.