San Rafael

NameSculpture

Maker Félix A. López (born 1942)

Date1994

(not assigned)Mesilla, New Mexico, United States, North America

MediumWood, leather, paint

Dimensions24 3/16 × 11 7/16 × 15 3/4 in. (61.5 × 29 × 40 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Grace and Glenn Whitecotten, A.2018.79.1ab

Terms

value (economic concept)

Object numberA.2018.79.1ab

Collections

Folk Art of New Mexico

ProvenanceCommissioned by the donors in 1994.

DescriptionThis barefoot image of a dark-haired San Rafael, placed on an oval base, shows the saint in a long, pleated "dress" with scalloped collar and scalloped cuffs (painted rust red). In PL hand the saint holds, by a thin leather strap, a green, speckled fish. In the PR hand he holds a staff from which hangs a wooden gourd. The face has delicate features, arced eye-brows, and large green eyes with painted lashes. The long wings are sculpted with striations and scallops.