Object Details
- Artist
- Felipe Archuleta, born Santa Cruz, NM 1910-died Tesuque, NM 1991
- Luce Center Label
- Felipe Archuleta began by carving animals around his home in New Mexico such as rabbits, sheep, and burros. The more exotic animals came later and were inspired by images he saw in National Geographic magazine. (Nancy Schraffenberger, “A Natural Talent,” Guideposts, March 1987) Archuleta was both pleased and dismayed by the attention he received for his carvings. Although he enjoyed having his work praised, the growing orders for animals restricted the subject matter of his carvings and kept him working constantly. (Lynette I. Rhodes, American Folk Art From the Traditional to the Naïve, 1978)
- Luce Object Quote
- “I am not worthy to be a santero [carver of wooden saints]. So I will carve animals.” Felipe Archuleta, quoted in Chuck and Jan Rosenak, Museum of American Folk Art Encyclopedia, 1990
- Credit Line
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Chuck and Jan Rosenak and museum purchase through the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment
- 1974
- Object number
- 1997.124.46A-B
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- Sculpture
- Folk Art
- Medium
- house paint on cottonwood with rubber and grass
- Dimensions
- overall: 10 1/2 x 14 x 4 1/2 in. (26.7 x 35.6 x 11.4 cm.)
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- Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection
- Department
- Painting and Sculpture
- On View
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Luce Foundation Center, 3rd Floor, 27B
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Luce Foundation Center
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Luce Foundation Center, 3rd Floor
- Smithsonian American Art Museum
- Topic
- Animal\squirrel
- Object\fruit\apple
- Record ID
- saam_1997.124.46A-B
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk7f54681a5-4092-4822-970b-057d1c2366c0
