Ex-Voto; Giving Thanks for Saving her Son, Retablo, dated 1866 Beatrice Mandelman Earth and Sun

Earth and Sun

original circa 1933 lithograph by Denver artist Arnold Ronnebeck

Transcendental composition with hints of figural abstraction in colors of blue

Abstracted landscape of a Southwestern Hopi village atop a mesa in shades of blue

I went to the Capital to be cured

Ex-Voto; Giving Thanks for Saving her Son, Retablo, dated 1866 Beatrice Mandelman Earth and SunEx Voto: Giving Thanks For Saving Her Son. Oil on tin, circa 1866. Anonymous Mexican artist with a contemporary custom frame handcrafted by artisan Michael Blatnik. The text reads: "Hallandose Luiz C. grabemente enfermo I no abia remedio que le irievce probe aho su Mama Refugio Cerrato. Aclamo al Senor de la Sangre de Cristo por su odibio I fue oida su peticion I oi le da las gracias oi tan Clementissimo Senor Maovoleon ano de 1866." Translation from