DepartmentUnited States & Canada

Framed fabric piece, Virgin & Child (actually a sand painting)

NameFramed fabric piece, Virgin & Child (actually a sand painting)

Artist Artist Not Recorded

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

Collections

United States and Canada

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.