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Cut Paper, Virgin of Guadaloupe

This is a Cut paper. It is dated 1964 and we acquired it in 1965. Its medium is cut paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

The Mexican art of papel picado emerged from Pre-Columbian, Asian, and European traditions of cutting patterns into paper. A chisel is used to hand-cut forms into multiple layers of tissue paper producing a series of identical images that unfold into message-bearing banners for holidays and celebrations.

This object was donated by Edward Kallop. It is credited Gift of Edward L. Kallop Jr..

Its dimensions are

35.2 × 24.8 cm (13 7/8 × 9 3/4 in.) Mat: 45.7 × 35.6 cm (18 × 14 in.)

Cite this object as

Cut Paper, Virgin of Guadaloupe; USA; cut paper; 35.2 × 24.8 cm (13 7/8 × 9 3/4 in.) Mat: 45.7 × 35.6 cm (18 × 14 in.); Gift of Edward L. Kallop Jr.; 1965-42-4

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