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American Decorative Arts
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Artist: Pablo Yglesias, American, born 1964
Face of the Gods altar
1993
Cardboard, plaster, glass, plastic, feathers, textile, acrylic, shells, iron, wax
50 × 27 1/4 × 7 in. (127 × 69.22 × 17.78 cm)
Gift of Robert Farris Thompson, B.A. 1955, M.A. 1961, Ph.D. 1965
2010.80.2
Geography:
Probably made in Brooklyn, New York
Culture:
American
Period:
20th century
Classification:
Sculpture
Provenance:
Pablo Yglesias (born 1964), Brooklyn, New York; gift to Robert Farris Thompson, New Haven, Connecticut, circa 2000
Bibliography:
“Acquisitions,” https://artgallery.yale.edu/sites/default/files/files/Pub_Bull_acquisitions_2011.pdf (accessed March 1, 2012).
Note: This electronic record was created from historic documentation that does not necessarily reflect the Yale University Art Gallery’s complete or current knowledge about the object. Review and updating of such records is ongoing.
