DepartmentTextiles-Hispano US

Mi Familia (Lori, Cathy, Terry, Tony)

NameDrawing; Paño

Artist Carlos Marquez

CultureHispano

Date1980

Place madeTexas, United States, North America

MediumCotton, colored inks

Dimensions15 15/16 × 14 15/16 in. (40.5 × 38 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, Museum Purchase from the Collection of Rudy Padilla, A.2022.41.4

Object numberA.2022.41.4

ProvenancePaños, or hand drawn works on handkerchiefs, particularly done in penitentiaries/prisons to give to loved ones. This collection was purchased with MNMF funds on June 20th, 1996, by Mariah Sacoman, previous Curator of Contemporary Hispanic Folk Art for the exhibition, “Paño Art from the `Inside’ Out” from July 21, 1996 - January 7, 1997, in the Hispanic Heritage Wing Changing Gallery. Rudy Padilla was a well-known paño and prison art collector, of which most of his collection was recently acquired by the National Hispanic Cultural Center in Albuquerque.

DescriptionImage of four people drawn on a square handkerchief with detailing that criss-crosses in the corners of the fabric. The images are the busts of two young girls, one woman and a man. The little girls are at the top and their images are overlapping, the one in front looking to the side and the other looking up. The woman has dark hair, green eyeshadow, and red lipstick. The man has dark hair, a mustache and is wearing a bandana. The ground behind the figures looks like faint clouds. The border of the image is red and green, with the red bars at the top and bottom and the green at the sides.