El Misterio (from the portfolio El Sagrado Corazon)
Artist
Delilah Montoya
(born 1955 Fort Worth, Texas; lives Albuquerque, New Mexico)
Date1993
Mediumcollotype on paper, ed. 1/1
Dimensionsimage: 10 × 8 in. (25.4 × 20.3 cm)
sheet: 17 1/4 × 14 in. (43.8 × 35.6 cm)
frame: 19 3/8 × 16 3/8 × 1 in. (49.2 × 41.6 × 2.5 cm)
sheet: 17 1/4 × 14 in. (43.8 × 35.6 cm)
frame: 19 3/8 × 16 3/8 × 1 in. (49.2 × 41.6 × 2.5 cm)
ClassificationsPrints & Printmaking
Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, museum purchase and gift of the artist
Object numberPC2022.32.11
DescriptionA collotype depicting a female figure from behind, kneeling on the floor with a bare torso and wearing a white skirt. She faces a wall adorned with a shrine featuring the Christ figure. Her hands are raised above her head and tied to a set of vertical bars. The figure has a tattoo of a heart with a crucifix on her back. The walls are spray painted with swirling designs and the floor has black-and-white checkerboard tiles.On View
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