shamanism

I will be out of the country between May 10th and June 4th, and so will not be shipping or open for visitors at the gallery. The Indigo Arts website will be active as always. I will respond to emails as soon as possible. I will be able to ship orders after June 4th, 2024.

Note:
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The Sacred Paths of the First World

SKU: JBS-2301

José Benitez Sanchez

Mexico

Nayarit, Mexico, c. 2000
Yarn pressed into beeswax on plywood
(24" x 24").

Provenance: private collection, Arizona.

$4900

"Fiesta del Tambor" (Festival of the drum) - Nierika Yarn Painting

SKU: GGR-2401

Guadalupe Gonzalez Rios

Mexico

Vintage Huichol yarn painting c. 1970's
Yarn pressed into beeswax on plywood
(24" x 24").
Provenance: from Private Collection. Signed on back, with stamp from Instituto Nacional Indigenista, in Mexico.

$1200

"Dios Venado Y Dios Fuego" Nierika Yarn Painting

"Dios Venado y Dios Fuego" (Deer-god and drum-god) - Nierika Yarn Painting

SKU: CPR-2401

Cresencio Perez Robles

Mexico

Vintage Huichol yarn painting c.1970's. Yarn pressed into beeswax on plywood (24" x 24"). From a private collection.

This 24 X 24 yarn painting is by master artist Cresencio Perez Robles. Perez's work was included in the book Art of the Huichol Indians, which accompanied an exhibition of Huichol Indian Art, organized by the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. The exhibition traveled from San Francisco in 1978 to Chicago and New York. It was this show and the accompanying catalogue that first introduced Huichol yarn painting to the general public. Cresencio Perez Robles work was also featured in the exhibit Living Traditions Mexican Popular Arts in 1992 at the University Art Museum at Albany State University of New York and the accompanying book of the same title. This picture was made in the 1970's of wool yarn pressed onto wax spread on a wooden board. Today yarn paintings are made of acrylic yarn. On the back the artist wrote the meaning of the piece in both Huichol and in Spanish. It is signed by the artist, with a stamp from the Instituto Nacional Indigenista, in Mexico.

$950

Dos Viboras - Nierika Yarn Painting

SKU: CPR-2403

Cresencio Perez Robles

Mexico

Vintage Huichol yarn painting c.1970's. Yarn pressed into beeswax on plywood (24" x 24"). From a private collection.

This 24 X 24 yarn painting is by master artist Cresencio Perez Robles. Perez's work was included in book Art of the Huichol Indians, which accompanied an exhibition of Huichol Indian Art, organized by the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. The exhibition traveled from San Francisco in 1978 to Chicago and New York. It was this show and the accompanying catalogue that first introduced Huichol yarn painting to the general public. Cresencio Perez Robles work was also featured in the exhibit Living Traditions Mexican Popular Arts in 1992 at the University Art Museum at Albany State University of New York and the accompanying book of the same title. This picture was made in the 1970's of wool yarn pressed onto wax spread on a wooden board. Today yarn paintings are made of acrylic yarn. On the back the artist wrote the meaning of the piece in both Huichol and in Spanish. It is signed by the artist, with a stamp from the Instituto Nacional Indigenista, in Mexico.

$950

Pilgrimage to Real Catorce (Wirikuta) - Nierika Yarn Painting

SKU: C:PR-2404

Cresencio Perez Robles

Mexico

Vintage Huichol yarn painting c. 1970's
Yarn pressed into beeswax on plywood
(24" x 24").
Provenance: from Private Collection. Signed on back.

$950

El Dios Mar (God of the Sea) - Nierika Yarn Painting

SKU: CPR-15

Cresencio Perez Robles

Mexico

Vintage Huichol yarn painting c. 1970's
Yarn pressed into beeswax on plywood
(24" x 24")

This 24 X 24 yarn painting is by master artist Cresencio Perez Robles. Perez's work was included in book Art of the Huichol Indians, which accompanied an exhibition of Huichol Indian Art, organized by the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. The exhibition traveled from San Francisco in 1978 to Chicago and New York. It was this show and the accompanying catalogue that first introduced Huichol yarn painting to the general public.
Cresencio Perez Robles work was also featured in the exhibit Living Traditions Mexican Popular Arts in 1992 at the University Art Museum at Albany State University of New York and the accompanying book of the same title.
This picture was made in the 1970's of wool yarn pressed onto wax spread on a wooden board. Today yarn paintings are made of acrylic yarn.
On the back the artist wrote the meaning of the piece in both Huichol and in Spanish. It is signed by the artist, with a stamp from the Instituto Nacional Indigenista, in Mexico.

$950

The Sacred Place of Shadows - Nierika Yarn Painting

SKU: DGS-2401

Huichol Artists, various

Mexico

David Gonzalez Sanchez.
Vintage Huichol yarn painting, dated June 30, 1988.
Yarn pressed into beeswax on plywood (24" x 24").
This picture was made of wool yarn pressed onto wax spread on a wooden board. Today yarn paintings are made of acrylic yarn. On the back the artist wrote the meaning of the piece in both Huichol and in Spanish. It is signed by the artist, with a stamp from the Instituto Nacional Indigenista, in Mexico.
From a private collection.

$875

Shaman's Mask with Mustache

SKU: NPM-036

Nepali Artists, various

Nepal

Nepal, early 20th cent.
Wood mask with pigment, animal hair.
(11 1/2 h. x 7 1/2” w. x 3” d)

Ex. collection of Jonathan Fisher
ex. Nusantara gallery

Provenance:

Jonathan W. Fisher Collection

$750

The Shaman, the Snake and the Lake

SKU: HC-1508

Huichol Artists, various

Mexico

Huichol yarn painting by anonymous Huichol Artist in the style of Ramon Medina Silva. Actual authorship unclear.
Nayarit, Mexico, c. 1970
Yarn pressed into beeswax on plywood
(16 1/2" x 20 1/4")

From a private collection. Originally purchased in the 1970s from the Mexican Art Annex on 56th St., New York. The store was owned by Annie Felshin O'Neill, who led collecting trips to Mexico for Nelson Rockefeller. After Rockefeller's death she was in charge of putting his huge folk art collection into two museums - in San Francisco and San Antonio.

$575 (Framed)