DepartmentTextiles-Hispano US

Our Lady of Guadalupe

NameDrawing; Paño

CultureHispano

Datec. 1980

Place madeSanta Fe, New Mexico, United States, North America

MediumCotton, colored pencils and inks

Dimensions20 1/2 × 18 1/2 in. (52 × 47 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, Museum Purchase from the Collection of Rudy Padilla, A.2022.41.1

Object numberA.2022.41.1

Collections

Folk Art of New Mexico

ProvenancePaños, or hand drawn works on handkerchiefs, particularly done in penitentiaries/prisons to give to loved ones. This collection was purchased with MNMF funds on June 20th, 1996, by Mariah Sacoman, previous Curator of Contemporary Hispanic Folk Art for the exhibition, “Paño Art from the `Inside’ Out” from July 21, 1996 - January 7, 1997, in the Hispanic Heritage Wing Changing Gallery. Rudy Padilla was a well-known paño and prison art collector, of which most of his collection was recently acquired by the National Hispanic Cultural Center in Albuquerque.

DescriptionImage of the Lady of Guadalupe on square piece of white fabric. She is wearing a light blue mantle with dark blue crosses to represent stars. Her hands are raised in a sign of prayer and she wears a white dress with red floral design drawn on it. She stands on a black crescent and stylized tongues of flame extend out from her. Around the flame is a blue scalloped line; inside the line, the ground is yellow toned, and outside it is a faint blue. Below the crescent is a small angel or cherub with extended, multicolored wings.