Enrique Rendon, born Monero, NM 1923-died Verlarde, NM 1987 Search this
Medium:
painted cottonwood, cloth, leather, fiber, metal
Dimensions:
13 7/8 x 8 1/8 x 11 1/8 in. (35.2 x 20.6 x 28.3 cm)
Type:
Sculpture
Folk Art
Date:
1980
Luce Center Label:
St. Martin Caballero is more popularly known as St. Martin of Tours, a soldier who, according to Catholic legend, cut his cloak so he could give half to a beggar. In this piece, Enrique Rendon showed St. Martin handing his cloak to a half-naked man. Both of the figures stare out at the viewer with Rendon’s trademark “piercing eyes.” (Laurie Beth Kalb, Consuming Devotions, 1992)