Ex-Voto; Giving Thanks for Surviving Terrible Fevers, Retablo, circa 1878 and rabbitbrush dye Los Angeles

Los Angeles

Original 1960s abstract painting by artist Florence V

in contrast to its name

for I was suffering severely from hemorrhaging and thought I would never return to my homeland

Titled center margin

Ex-Voto; Giving Thanks for Surviving Terrible Fevers, Retablo, circa 1878 and rabbitbrush dye Los AngelesEx Voto: Giving Thanks for Surviving Terrible Fevers. Oil on tin, circa 1878. Anonymous Mexican artist with a contemporary custom frame handcrafted by artisan Michael Blatnik. The text reads: "Habiendo padecido Margarita Rocha unos frios afse bradios, en el ano de 1878 implore a la presiosa Sangre de Christo y quedo salva en gratud dedica eso retablo." Translation from Spanish: "Having suffered from severe fevers in the year 1878, Margarita Rocha