Expressionistic Mexican Folk Art Devotional Painting of Jesus on Wood Panel pottery bottles though I am not an

though I am not an expert

Somewhere along the way it lost the tip of its beak

his brothers Edward and William

New Jersey--and was clearly much referenced (surely hung--and rehung-- in a studio or art department

one on one side and a pair on the other

Expressionistic Mexican Folk Art Devotional Painting of Jesus on Wood Panel pottery bottles though I am not anPhotos really don't do justice to this one; the colors are richer in person, and the painting icon, really has a strong presence and patina and sense of objecthood. I believe it is Mexican, early 20th century, though the wood panel it was painted on feels older than that. To me it feels Mexican folk art meets German Expressionism, with its boldness and graphicness making it feel akin to a woodblock print, and making the martyrdom of this Jesus feel