DepartmentTextiles-Hispano US

Our Lady of Guadalupe

NameDrawing; Paño

CultureHispano

Date1985

Place madeNew Mexico, United States, North America

MediumCotton, colored pencils and inks

Dimensions18 1/8 × 17 1/2 in. (46 × 44.5 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, Museum Purchase from the Collection of Rudy Padilla, A.2022.41.18

Object numberA.2022.41.18

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.

DescriptionColorful drawing of the Lady of Guadalupe on a square, white handkerchief. Image of the Lady from the waist up. She is wearing a blue mantle with yellow stars, a red dress and has stylized fire radiating from her. Her hands are raised in a symbol of prayer. In the top left and bottom right corners there are borders of roses. In the top right corner is an angel holding a banner that has names written on it.