SOLD Kneeling Women in Polka Dots, Very Folky Masterpiece of an Ex Voto Retablo on Heavy Tin, 1944 nine drawer chest This is truly a treasure

This is truly a treasure trove

backed with beautiful hand marbled paper

I found these this past summer at a flea market close to me and just pulled them out again--and was struck anew by their loveliness

11 1/8” x 9 1/16”” as mounted on card

carved whimsy would make a great

SOLD Kneeling Women in Polka Dots, Very Folky Masterpiece of an Ex Voto Retablo on Heavy Tin, 1944 nine drawer chest This is truly a treasureI splurged a bit (by my standards) on this one, but couldn't not do so truly among my very favorite ex voto retablos I've ever seen, and I think something of a folk art masterpiece! I find those two kneeling women with raised hands and very painterly polka dotted dresses at right as perfectly full of life as anything out there, and then this tiny woman in black and white kneeling by her tiny bed (and what a marvelously visceral spikiness to the that