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Photograph by Phil Karshis. Copyright Phil Karshis.

"Pot Hunters #2"

Photograph by Phil Karshis. Copyright Phil Karshis.

"Pot Hunters #2"

Date: 2002
Artist or Maker: Mateo Romero
Dimensions:
Overall: 147.3 x 121.9 x 3.2 cm (58 x 48 x 1 1/4 in.)
Medium: masonite | paint, oil | paper | ink | pine frame
Credit Line: Gift of Ronald N. Dubin, 2006.
Object Number: SAR.2006-7-1
Not on view
DescriptionThis multimedia painting appears to be a photomechanical print (or a sketch based upon a photograph) overlaid with oil paints with applied velum and ink decoupage on pressed masonite/wood panel. The subject matter on velum represents faux archaeological data relevant to pot-hunting. Renditions of undecorated pottery and shovels create the border of the painting; effigy vessels (likely Mexican in shape) are painted in black-on-white; two seated men appear in the mid-ground, while a white horse appears in the background. The men, horse, and black-on-white pottery appear to have been photomechanically transferred onto the masonite, then over-painted with oil. There are traces of mineral spirit drips througout the painted surface. The velum and ink decoupage applications appear at each of the four corners of the painting.
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