Plate 14: Main Altarpiece, Chimayo: From Portfolio "Spanish Colonial Designs of New Mexico"

American 20th Century

National Gallery of Art

The image shows a composition of rectangles and curves inside a border of vertical wavy lines. There is a black cross in the center with arms extending to the corners. One arm is covered in a pink sleeve from the left and the other in blue from the right. Near the intersection of the arms is a circular arrangement of objects. The upper and lower sections have red drapery-like curves. The design resembles a window or stage curtain framing a scene within a box-like structure with various textures like fabric and wood.