1950s Retablo Ex-Voto Mexican Folk Art Painting on Cigarette Advertising American Folk Art 1946-49 (awards)

1946-49 (awards)

the word "copyrighted"

Meditating

Has a slight dent on the corner with Nana

1950s Retablo Ex-Voto Mexican Folk Art Painting on Cigarette Advertising American Folk Art 1946-49 (awards)This is an early 1950s Mexican Ex Voto painting on tin depicting a man on his knees giving thanks to the "Santisima Virgen Del Pueblito" for curing him of a grave illness that he had for a few years, but he was saved and didnt need to be operated on. It is signed Camilo Vasquez, Yahualica Jalisco. The reverse of this painting still has the original cigarette ad for a vintage brand of Mexican cigaretes known as "Argentinos". The blue colors from the