Description:

Latin America, Mexico, Oaxaca, ca. 1970. Signed on creature's belly. This lively wooden hybrid zoomorphic-anthropomorphic creature was hand-carved and hand painted by Manuel Jimenez Ramirez (Mexican, 1919-2005), a 20th century artist credited with originating the Oaxacan version of alebrijes, and sons Angelico and Isaias Jimenez. Alebrijes are in essence animal figures hand-carved from wood and then hand-painted with lively patterns in contrasting bold hues. This example, depicting an expressive rabbit nahual (guardian animal) creature, is a characteristically colorful alebrije - with a black spotted yellow body sporting a short tail and pink claws, a pair of raised rabbit ears with scarlet red and white interiors, an expressive human visage with wide-open red eyes, thick brows and lashes, a toothy smile, as well as long tufts of golden "hair" below the ears and framing the mouth as a mustache. Jimenez creations are held in important private collections and museums throughout the world. Size: 8" L x 20" W x 17.375" H (20.3 cm x 50.8 cm x 44.1 cm)

Provenance: private Thornton, Colorado, USA collection

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#181803

  • Condition: Intact and excellent. Signed "Autor Manuel Jimenez / Angelico Jimenez / Isias "" in black paint on rabbit nahual's belly.

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