DepartmentTextiles-Hispano US

Red Ball Cafe

NameDrawing; Paño

Artist Walter Baca

CultureHispano

Date1990

Place collectedNew Mexico, United States, North America

MediumCotton, colored pencils and ink

Dimensions16 1/8 × 16 5/16 in. (41 × 41.5 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, Museum Purchase from the Collection of Rudy Padilla, A.2022.41.7

Object numberA.2022.41.7

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.

DescriptionDrawing on a square, white handkerchief. Image of a two-storey building, with a sign that says, "RED BALL" above the door. Drawing is primarily done with black lines, but pink is used for the detail of the building. The front facade has two large, round windows on either side of the door. In front of the building is a car, a convertable with the top down, which appears to be from the 1950s.