DepartmentUnited States & Canada
Framed fabric piece, Virgin & Child (actually a sand painting)
NameFramed fabric piece, Virgin & Child (actually a sand painting)
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Place madeNorth America
MediumColored sand, paper, ink (wood, glass, metal nails)
DimensionsOverall: 11 1/8 x 7 3/4 in. (28.2 x 19.7 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, IFAF Collection, gift of Eric Zafran, FA.2010.97.
Object numberFA.2010.97.49
DescriptionAn etching of the Madonna and Child with a dove (holy ghost) overhead, within an arch. Overhead are two angels crowning the arch. Around this is a "crowned, oval" form in green filled with tiny pink flowers from which cream and green rays expand outward. A pink border framing all, which is made of colored sand glued over a print. Only the Madonna, Child and two angels of the print area are exposed. Framed under glass in a warm brown hardwood frame.
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late 19th-early 20th Century
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