Felipe Benito archuleta Archives

Daily Art: FELIPE BENITO ARCHULETA’s “Watermelon” Sculpture

FELIPE BENITO ARCHULETA Watermelon (date unknown) // Carved and painted wood; 13 x 9 inches

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Baboon (1978) // Carved and painted cottonwood and pine; 69 1⁄4 x 41 3⁄4 x 16 in.

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Christ Child in Manger (1978-1979) // Carved and painted wood, cloth, straw, and glass

Coyote (1979) // Carved and painted wood, sisal, bristles, glass eyes, and rubber toes

Spotted Boar (1981) // Cottonwood, paint, sisal, sawdust, glue; 21 x 36 x 12 inches via Philadelphia Museum of Art