1959 Wonderfully Naive Virgin of Guadaloupe Ex Voto Retablo on Tin blue and white ceramics given pride of place on

given pride of place on its own little shelf in the entry way

and if this compass doesn't sell quickly

and became head of its theatre school

carved with skill and I’d say a precisionist’s disposition—I would not be surprised if its maker also carved very detailed tiny furniture

It seems to me that the top dial on this one would indicate the outcome of any given at bat

1959 Wonderfully Naive Virgin of Guadaloupe Ex Voto Retablo on Tin blue and white ceramics given pride of place onThis is one of two marvelously naive mid 20th century ex voto retablos I purchased from a seller in California, quite similar in manner such that I might guess done by the same person, but with clearly different styles of writing at the bottoms so perhaps not, or perhaps the paintings were made for the subjects, who then painted the texts. Whatever the case, wonderful I think, with this super folky Virgin, feeling to me as holy as it gets, receiving