Gorgeous Yellow Painted Sculptural Tin Frame, with Glass trunk full speed

full speed

It does appear he was likely once mounted onto a base (or boat) as there is a little torn paper stuck to his feet

which includes the promise that Sapolin delivers "more newness

and the more I look at it

4 7/8" w x 4 3/8" t when closed

Gorgeous Yellow Painted Sculptural Tin Frame, with Glass trunk full speedYum. Photos do this frame no real justice. I purchased it one from my favorite dealer in the Hudson River Valley and am rather obsessed with it. Made of tin, which appears quite old, I believe it is Mexican, likely made to house a retablo. The curled tin on each side makes it a very sculptural thing with great objecthood just right for a retablo of a saint or the Madonna herself, as if unfurling to reveal a vision from the heavenly world. The form and