Artist:

George Lopez, born Cordova, NM 1900-died Cordova, NM 1993  Search this

Medium:

carved wood

Type:

Sculpture

Folk Art

Date:

ca. 1950-1960

Luce Center Label:

George Lopez made several images of Adam and Eve inspired by his father’s carvings of the Garden of Eden. In this piece he depicted the Fall, the moment when Adam and Eve ate the forbidden fruit. Lopez showed the serpent changing from a snake into a demon to emphasize how easily Satan deceived the first couple.

Luce Object Quote:

“This is a sort of Adam and Eve creation story . . .” George Lopez, quoted in Thetford LeViness, “He Carves the Santos---In the Land of the Penitentes,” Desert Magazine, 1958

Topic:

Landscape\tree  Search this

Religion\Old Testament\Eve  Search this

Religion\Old Testament\Adam  Search this

Religion\Old Testament\Garden of Eden  Search this

Religion\Satan  Search this

Credit Line:

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Herbert Waide Hemphill, Jr.

Object number:

1998.84.25

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

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Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection

Department:

Painting and Sculpture

On View:

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Luce Foundation Center, 3rd Floor, 26B

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Luce Foundation Center

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Luce Foundation Center, 3rd Floor

Data Source:

Smithsonian American Art Museum

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk7b83696f3-597d-44cb-ad96-60f703a005e4

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:saam_1998.84.25