Diego y la Virgin #2 (from the series Guadalupe Tattoo)
Artist
Delilah Montoya
(born 1955 Fort Worth, Texas; lives Albuquerque, New Mexico)
Date1998
Mediumgelatin silver print, ed. 2/2
Dimensionsimage: 18 5/8 × 23 in. (47.3 × 58.4 cm)
sheet: 24 × 20 in. (61 × 50.8 cm)
sheet: 24 × 20 in. (61 × 50.8 cm)
ClassificationsPhotography
Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, museum purchase and gift of the artist
Object numberPC2022.32.16
DescriptionA black-and-white photograph of a male figure and a female figure seen from behind and standing in a desert landscape. One figure kneels with a blanket draped partially across his back, revealing a tattoo of the Catholic icon of the Virgin of Guadalupe on his upper back. The second figure, standing beyond the first, wears loose-fitting clothing that reveals a similar, large tattoo of the Virgin on her back.On View
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