Yellow Bed, Black Chair, Man in White, Beautifully Naive 1912 Mexican Folk Art Retablo carved walnut chain The warm dry wood patina

The warm dry wood patina here contributes to giving a blush to her cheeks and neck just behind her ear

and 9" across at base

14 inches long

or the two wires extending from her wooden legs could be stuck into museum wax or a new base

Yellow Bed, Black Chair, Man in White, Beautifully Naive 1912 Mexican Folk Art Retablo carved walnut chain The warm dry wood patinaI'm perpetually on the hunt for good old retablos, and really love this one with that small black chair at far right really bringing it together for me, such a perfect moment together with the yellow end of that bed. And then this very sweet looking man in white gown kneeling and praying on the bed to a small Madonna and very tiny baby Jesus encircled in blue at far left. The handwriting here is most excellent too, looking like someone's very hard