DepartmentHispano

Doña Sebastiana on Marigolds

NameDoor, Painting

Maker Nicolette Vigil

Date2016

Place madeEspanola, New Mexico, United States, North America

MediumWood, Paint

Dimensions78 3/4 × 35 1/4 × 1 3/4 in. (200 × 89.5 × 4.5 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, IFAF Collection, purchase with partial funds from Dan Prall, FA.2016.70.1

Object numberFA.2016.70.1

Collections

Folk Art of New Mexico

DescriptionHand constructed and painted door. The central panel of this full-sized door contains a painted image of Doña Sebastiana. She is a skeleton dressed in loose garments in shades of gray with a pink and blue corset. On her shoulder is a quiver with arrows. She is standing on a mound of orange marigolds with green foliage. The frame is unpainted.