DepartmentLatin America
Virgin of Sorrows
NameSculpture
Maker
Luís Alberto Mora Valencia
(Mexican, born 1940)
CultureMexican
Date1990 - 2000
Place madeGuadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico, North America
MediumWood, paint
Dimensions22 13/16 × 12 3/16 × 9 1/16 in. (58 × 31 × 23 cm)
Base: 11 1/2 in. (29.2101 cm)
Base: 11 1/2 in. (29.2101 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Nona Niland, A.2017.80.3
Object numberA.2017.80.3
ProvenanceDonor purchased from Good Hands Gallery (now closed), 700 Paseo de Peralta, Santa Fe, NM, July 13, 2000 for $4,000.00.
DescriptionCarved female figure with arms outstretched, wearing swirling cloak and standing on spiraling forms suggesting roiling clouds. The woman has pale skin and her cloak is black and red with large gold flowers. Her dress is dark green, with smaller gold, cream and red flowers.
Artist unrecorded
