Cactus Gallery LA
15 LA PERA (The Pear) by artist Mavis Leahy
$ 168.00
Hand embroidery on vintage linen with antique steel cut beads on eyelid, 5 x 7", matted and under glass in a vintage carved wood frame to 10 x 12”
Also shown here is the original Don Clemente Gallo card for LA PERA.
Shown in the last image with Mavis’ two other pieces for Loteria X.
The riddle associated with this image:
El que espera, desespera.
He who waits despairs.
(A pun: espera "to wait" and es pera " to be a pear" are homophones in Mexican Spanish.)
