Ethnographic Arts Publications

MEXICAN FOLK RETABLOS. Masterpieces on Tin

Giffords, G.

Tucson: 1974 (1st ed.). 168 pages, 81 color photographs. Cloth cover Fine condition. Item #2798

The painting of religous images on sheets of tin was a flourishing tradition in central Mexico during the nineteenth century. This book was the first major study of these paintings (retablos), and includes analyses as well as descriptions of the retablos and contains the most current information on the iconography of the saints. The origins, authorship, and indentification are examined and illustrated in an excellently written text (parts are in both English and Spanish) and splendid, large color photographs.

Price: $350.00