Artwork Details
- Title
- Untitled
- Artist
- Date
- ca. 1935-1943
- Location
- Not on view
- Dimensions
- 19 1⁄2 x 9 x 1 1⁄4 in. (49.5 x 22.8 x 3.2 cm.)
- Credit Line
- Transfer from the General Services Administration
- Mediums
- Mediums Description
- carved and stained fir
- Keywords
- Figure female — full length
- New Deal — Works Progress Administration, Federal Art Project — New Mexico
- Emblem — cross
- Object Number
- 1985.65.4
Artwork Description
Patrociño Barela carved images of saints as well as sculptures inspired by the events leading up to World War II. In this piece the only color is in the form of a red cross, an internationally recognized emblem for humanitarian protection. Barela may have created this sculpture to honor the work of the Red Cross volunteers during the early years of the war, in the same way that he would immortalize a religious figure.