1971 Mexican Ex Voto Painting on Tin, Returned from Dead, Retablo Folk Art Sculpture with its original red paint

with its original red paint

one reason being that Xavier left Mexico to travel to New York and around Europe for two years to visit museums

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Dimensions: Height: 7 1/2" Width: 4" Depth: 4" Condition: Great age related condition

1971 Mexican Ex Voto Painting on Tin, Returned from Dead, Retablo Folk Art Sculpture with its original red paintThis is a 1971 Mexican Ex Voto Painting on Tin, depicting a man in a hospital bed on an IV drip above a rebozo wrapped woman on her knees praying towards the Virgen Saint of San Juan de Los Lagos. In the background is a cathedral in Leon, Guanajuato. The text describes a woman giving thanks to the Madre Santisima de San Juan de Los Lagos for returning her son from death after her prayers were received. Approx. Dimensions: Height: 7 1 8" Width: 9 1 2"