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THB19th C New Mexican Polychrome Wood Bulto by Velasquez
Lot 67c
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Artemis Gallery
686 S Taylor Ave, Ste 106
Louisville, CO 80027
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Selling antiquities, ancient and ethnographic art online since 1993, Artemis Gallery specializes in Classical Antiquities (Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Near Eastern), Asian, Pre-Columbian, African / Tribal / Oceanographic art. Our extensive inventory includes pottery, stone, metal, wood, glass and textil...Read more
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Featuring ancient and ethnographic art from around the world, including Pre-Columbian, Native American, African / Tribal, Ethnographic, Spanish Colonial, Fossils, Fine Art, much more. Many Oceanic pieces from an important Tucson, Arizona collection, first time at auction!! Artemis Gallery info@artemisgallery.com
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- Lot Description
Attributed to Juan Ramon Velasquez (New Mexican, 1820-1902), Passion Santo of Jesus, ca. 1865 to 1890 CE. A very large, hand-carved, and polychromed wooden bulto depicting Jesus Christ standing erectly on a thick painted board and delineated with a dramatic visage and body type that are characteristic of Juan Ramon Velasquez' works. Note his trapezoidal torso, narrow waist, and conical skirt-like lower section and those mesmerizing, lashed eyes, thick arched brows, and stylized facial hair and coiffure. In addition to the bold carving style, the details were painted on gessoed canvas (and possibly leather). Velasquez depicted Christ with as much of His suffering body visible as is possible - blood streaming from the stigmata (wounds he suffered during the Crucifixion) on his chest, wrists, feet, as well as the forehead (location of Crown of Thorns), cheeks, nose, and mouth. The separately created arms were joined to the shoulders via textile, resulting in nice articulation. A very special work from this legendary santero! Size: 10.5" W x 34.9" H (26.7 cm x 88.6 cm).
Juan Ramon Velasquez is among the major santeros of the late 19th century - in the esteemed company of Juan Miguel Herrera and Jose de Gracia Gonzales. Once this generation passed away, traditional santero-work came to a demise. Velasquez's oeuvre consists primarily of Passion figures for the Penitente Moradas (religious houses of worship for Spanish-American Roman Catholic communities in northern and central New Mexico as well as southern Colorado). A prolific, itinerant carver, Velasquez's santos graced the villages of Canijilon, Los Ojos, Tierra Amarilla, and nearly every community west of the Rio Grande.
A Velasquez bulto of Nuestra Senora del Rosario (Our Lady of the Rosary) sold for $4,780 at Christies New York - Sale 1332 - American Indian Art - 12 January 2004 - Lot 30 - https://www.christies.com/lotfinder/Lot/a-new-mexican-polychrome-wood-bulto-4222690-details.aspx
See this very similar Jesus of Nazarene by Velasquez photographed in a New Mexican gallery - https://www.flickriver.com/photos/mharrsch/tags/newmexico/
Additional Velasquez religious sculptures sold for $3,824 at Christie's New York - Sale 1332 - American Indian Art - 12 January 2004 - Lot 22 - https://www.christies.com/lotfinder/Lot/a-new-mexican-polychrome-wood-bulto-4222682-details.aspx.
Provenance: private Tucson, Arizona, USA collection, acquired between 1950 and 1985
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#147671Losses to tips of some fingers, toes, and original pigmentation as shown, with possible repairs/stabilization to ankles. Nicks and abrasions to legs, body, arms, and head, with fading and chipping to original pigmentation, several stable fissures, and fraying to textile patches along shoulders. Similar age wear and stable fissures to platform. Nose and areas in the vicinity possibly restored. Nice earthen deposits and traces of original pigmentation throughout.Condition
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