Yellow Bed, Black Chair, Man in White, Beautifully Naive 1912 Mexican Folk Art Retablo spelling book Some detail photos make color

Some detail photos make color appear lighter than it is

as if just having arrived in a crate from Florida or California (and really it makes me want to stick a straw right in it

unevenly cut and with a bend along the top edge (which is hardened

Wear to the paint and some older mustard paint showing through

which I have to think was cut down from a longer sign

Yellow Bed, Black Chair, Man in White, Beautifully Naive 1912 Mexican Folk Art Retablo spelling book Some detail photos make colorI'm perpetually on the hunt for good old retablos, and really love this one with that small black chair at far right really bringing it together for me, such a perfect moment together with the yellow end of that bed. And then this very sweet looking man in white gown kneeling and praying on the bed to a small Madonna and very tiny baby Jesus encircled in blue at far left. The handwriting here is most excellent too, looking like someone's very hard