SOLD Wonderfully Folky 1969 Mexican Retablo Giving Thanks for Magnificent Business! miniature watercolor just right in its original

just right in its original round frame with glass and hanging loop at top

but this 1965 exhibition poster

The hearts and threads or “vines” connecting them are an icy white

taking in the sounds of the little lambs (I'd guess

SOLD Wonderfully Folky 1969 Mexican Retablo Giving Thanks for Magnificent Business! miniature watercolor just right in its originalI usually gravitate toward older retablos, but this one, dated 1969, I love as much as any Ive found, jam packed with marvelous details that make it super singular and, to my sensibilities, just super. The raised hands, palms open, are a gesture of thanks, here to the Virgen del Carmen (Our Lady of Mt. Carmel) for the magnificent prosperity of Rutila Mares Solas restaurant business. The simmering pots on the stove with flames below, the blue and red