New Mexican Polychrome Wood Niche And Bulto, Attributed to Jose Aragon

wood, gesso, mineral pigments.

Marna Anderson, New York City
Private New York Collector, acquired from the above in January 1982

The niche show typical signs of wear from age including abrasion and los of pigments. The bulto has been conversed/restored with evidence of over-paint on the collar, and to a much lesser degree on the Cossack. The right arms appears to have been broken and re-glued using original carved elements.
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