SOLD Vintage Mexican Folk Art Retablo, Miracle on Operating Table eerie photo in part just for the

in part just for the pleasure of seeing all these carefully formed letters

but presume it dates from the first half of the 20th century

This woman looks to me completely absorbed in her own sensual world

sets the imagination wandering

Each block measures 2 7/8" x 1 3/4" x 1/2"

SOLD Vintage Mexican Folk Art Retablo, Miracle on Operating Table eerie photo in part just for theYou know I'm always on the hunt for Mexican folk art retablos, the more unusual the better, so of course jumped on this operating table scene, thanking Our Lady of San Juan de los Lagos, floating over the scene at right, for having saved our subject while she was in the hands of the doctor. The manner of the painting reminds me of WW2 era medical instruction manuals (i. e. our subject looks a bit as if she might be a CPR demonstration dummy, and the