DepartmentEurope
Pensive Christ figurine
NameSculpture
Artist
Mieczysław Piwko
(Polish, 1923 - 1994)
Date1987
Place madePaszyn, Poland, Europe
MediumWood, paint
Dimensions11 7/16 × 3 1/8 × 3 7/16 in. (29 × 8 × 8.7 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, Gift of Brita Olson, A.2020.27.8
Object numberA.2020.27.8
Collections
ProvenancePurchased by Dolores Maksimoska Olson in Poland, gifted to daughter Brita Olson.
DescriptionPensive Christ figure on green, black, and gold chair. Wearing a red skirt, with a gold spiked halo. One of the halo rays is broken and missing.
Artist not recorded
Isleta Tinsmith
