Expulsion de Eden 1974

NameSculpture

Maker James M. Córdova (born 1974)

CultureHispano

Date2004

Place madeSanta Fe., New Mexico, United States, North America

MediumWood (pine), gesso, paint (water based pigments), piñon varnish, paste wax, glue

DimensionsOverall: 28 3/4 x 19 1/4 x 16 in. (73 x 48.9 x 40.6 cm)

Credit LineGift of Robert and Donna Burni

Object numberA.2004.18.1

DescriptionAdam and Eve are holding hands as they walk from the Garden of Eden at the front of the bulto. Adam has black hair and beard and is only wearing a brown loincloth with a gold lining. In his right hand is a red apple with two bites taken out of it. Eve has brown hair and is wearing only a blue loincloth with a gold lining and has an upturned left foot. Towering directly behind them is a brown palm tree with ten green and black palm fronds. Also behind them and to the left is an angel whose upraised right hand holds a green and gold sword and his left hand points out of the garden. He wears a helmet in red and gold with black inserts with white flower and feather decoration. The helmet also has a red plume attached to the back and curving forward. He wears a three tiered outfit. At the top is a chest protector in green with gold and red decoration. Below that is a red skirt with black and gold trim. Below that is a short green skirt that is scalloped and comes only to the knees in front and hangs below the knees in the back. The underside is painted red. He wears black Roman style sandals below the knee and on the back of his bare feet. The rolled tops are red with black vertical lines. On his arms are short puffy sleeves with red, white, green, and blue stripes. His wings are carved in three layers of feathers painted white with red, blue and gold edges. The back of the wings are painted green and gold and are not carved. The top of the base under the angel is green for the Garden of Eden, and is brown under Adam and Eve to represent the desert. The base is irregularly shaped with Adam and Eve standing on the projecting right side which has a straight front and curved back. The angel on the left stands on a semi-detached left section that is recessed and curved on the front and flat on the back. The top step of the base is edged in two red steps with a white section in be between with a series of two blue diagonal lines. The bottom step is blue with white marks and has blue, white , and green stripes along the edge, with the blue representating water.