Rancho de la Golondrina

NameScreen door

Maker José Dolores López (American, 1868 - 1937)

CultureHispanic-American

Dateca. 1930s

Place madeCordova, New Mexico, United States, North America

MediumWood, screening, paint

DimensionsOverall: 41 9/16 x 31 3/4 x 1 15/16 in. (105.5 x 80.6 x 4.9 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Bill and Julie Dougherty, A.1997.55.1

Terms

value (economic concept)

Object numberA.1997.55.1

Collections

Folk Art of New Mexico

ProvenanceScreen door by Jose Dolores Lopez. Original paint with some golondrinas (swallows) by George Lopez, his son.

DescriptionBrown pine highly chipped-work "screen door-trimmed around edges with pattern of inverted squares with yellow "3 leaf" pattern inside and edged with green diagonal chips-middle interior with "El Rancho de la Golondrina" intricately carved, chipped and painted in yellow and light blue interior top and bottom areas decorated with stylized, chipped and painted swallows, pine trees and pine cones - cones sienna, trees green and swallows: (3 brown grey with yellow, 3 with blue and cream) yellow-brown swallows chipped elaborately, blue has slight chipping.
Back sides of Door are newer and were probably added when rescreened; Original back was not stained; Front paint surfaces are retouched; New birds are crudely done.