El Dolor de Cabeza (The Headache)

NameFigure

Artist Ricardo Linares Garcia

Date2006

Place madeMexico City, Mexico, North America

Mediumpapier-mache, paint, acrylic

DimensionsA) Skeleton 23 1/2 × 11 × 9 in. (59.6901 × 27.9401 × 22.86 cm)
B) Dragon 11 × 6 × 4 in. (27.9401 × 15.24 × 10.16 cm)

Credit LineMuseum purchase with funds from the Museum of New Mexico Foundation

Object numberA.2024.7.1ab

Collections

New Acquisitions: The Gift of Folk Art

DescriptionContemporary Mexican papier-mache sculpture (Cartonería) of a skeleton A (calavera) and their head blowing up and popping out a dragon B (alebrije). Object arrived damaged, with the dragon detatched with missing or broken appendages. Will need to be re-photographed after treatment.