Super Rare Felipe Benito Archuleta Folk Art Hand Painted 54 Carved Wooden Snake

  
This is an Estate Fresh old hand carved and painted Folk Art Snake made by the Museum Quality Artist. His history and story are amazing and his works are out of this world! Highly sought by private and public Folk Art collectors, just trying to find a piece is near impossible. This one, just fresh from an Estate in Santa Fe NM is fresh to the market.

This Snake is a wooden Snake all hand painted in the Archuleta hand and his style, is an overall 54 long Snake. Straight line its over 46 long. Its just an amazing piece of Folk Art. A little history on the man.... Felipe Benito Archuleta was born in the small village of Santa Cruz New Mexico in 1910.

After spending much of his youth and early adulthood bouncing from odd jobs such as line cook, apple picker, and stone mason and union carpenter he asked God what to do with his life. And God answered, telling Felipe to spend the rest of his life carving. He carved everything, from carrots, to Snakes, to life size vicious pigs.

Felipe really began gaining a reputation in the 1970's and his work eventually found it's way into some of the most important folk art museums and folk art collections in the country. Felipe continued to work well into his older years and died in Tesuque at the age of 81. His zany, brilliant, funny, and sometimes terrifying work has been hailed as some of the best modern folk art of the 20th century.

His work can currently be seen at the International Folk Art Museum in Santa Fe as well as the American Folk Art Museum in New York City and the Smithsonian American Art Museum. He is also one of the artists featured in American The Folk Art Museum's traveling exhibit of some of the best works in their collection titled Self Taught Genius. My descriptions are solely there to assist buyers finding the items and are not a guaranteed accurate description of the item in all cases. If you do need information I have neglected to include, please don't hesitate to ask any questions. This item is in the category "Art\Art Sculptures".

The seller is "mstiques" and is located in this country: US. This item can be shipped to United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Denmark, Romania, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Finland, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Estonia, Australia, Greece, Portugal, Cyprus, Slovenia, Japan, Sweden, Korea, South, Indonesia, Taiwan, South Africa, Thailand, Belgium, France, Hong Kong, Ireland, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Italy, Germany, Austria, Bahamas, Israel, Mexico, New Zealand, Singapore, Norway, Saudi Arabia, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, Croatia, Republic of, Malaysia, Chile, Colombia, Panama, Jamaica, Barbados, Bangladesh, Bermuda, Brunei Darussalam, Bolivia, Ecuador, Egypt, French Guiana, Guernsey, Gibraltar, Guadeloupe, Iceland, Jersey, Jordan, Cambodia, Cayman Islands, Liechtenstein, Sri Lanka, Luxembourg, Monaco, Macau, Martinique, Maldives, Nicaragua, Oman, Peru, Pakistan, Paraguay, Reunion, Vietnam, Uruguay.

1. Size: Large (up to 60in.)
2. Region of Origin: US - Southwest - Tesuque New Mexico
3. Artist: Felipe Benito Archuleta
4. Style: Folk Art
5. Listed By: Dealer or Reseller
6. Material: Wood
7. Quantity Type: Single-Piece Work
8. Date of Creation: 1970-1989
9. Type: Sculptures & Carvings
10. Year: 1988
11. Width (Inches): About 2.5\
12. Subject: 54\
13. Originality: Original
14. Height (Inches): About 5\