Antonio Alonso: Day of the Dead Ofrenda Paper Mache oaxaca warm copper deepened with paint

warm copper deepened with paint in the shadows

Created by Avelino Perez from La Union Tejalapan

ORIGINAL PRICE: $395 US dollars

and printed newsprint that crowned Antonio's Xolo emperor

Antonio Alonso: Day of the Dead Ofrenda Paper Mache oaxaca warm copper deepened with paintThis extraordinary piece by Antonio Alonso steps away from the street vendors to present a complete miniature ofrenda, the traditional altar that Mexican families build each year to welcome their departed back home for Da de Muertos. Rendered entirely in papier mch down to the smallest tamal, it is a small marvel of devotion and detail. The altar rises in four tiers, painted a warm salmon pink, each step softly stippled with white petals and edged in