DepartmentLatin America

San Lazaro

NamePainting

Maker Luis Rodriguez Ricardo (Cuban, born 1966)

Date2014

Place madeSantiago de Cuba, Santiago de Cuba, Cuba, Caribbean

MediumOil paint on canvas

Dimensions43 5/16 × 56 13/16 × 1 in. (110 × 144.304 × 2.5 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, Gift of Stephen Luckman, A.2020.41.2

Object numberA.2020.41.2

ProvenancePurchased from artist by Peggy Gaustad; purchased from Gaustad by Julie Payne. Collected by the late Julie Payne and being offered by her widower, Steve Luckman. Payne was the daughter of early Hollywood actors Anne Shirley and John Howard Payne.

DescriptionSaint Lazarus. Lush greenery dominates the image of a sleeping man with overly large red lips, wearing a yellow hat, with a crutch resting against him. A pack of white, dog-like animals are gathered near him.