X. From Spaniard and Return Backwards, Hold Yourself Suspended in Mid Air (X. De español y torna atrás, tente en el aire)  1760

[b]Notes from the Curator:[/b] [br]These three works belong to a set of casta paintings by Juan Patricio Morlete Ruiz that originally had sixteen scenes (over time many sets have been disassembled). Each scene depicts a family group with parents of different races and one of their children. During the colonial period Indians, Spaniards born in Spain as well as the New Worl...