Rare WPA Retablo - SOLD
Juan Amadeo Sanchez
1930's
Height 11 1/2" Width 7 1/2"
Provenance: Private collection, New Mexico
Juan Amadeo Sanchez was born in Rio Pueblo in Rio Arriba County New Mexico. He was hired and instructed by the Federal Arts Project to replicate colonial New Mexican art. Although considered a "copyist" and not a santero or religious artist, his works were meant for national and statewide traveling exhibitions. Retablos by Sanchez are basically unknown in private collections and are as such exceedingly rare.
Juan Amadeo Sanchez
1930's
Height 11 1/2" Width 7 1/2"
Provenance: Private collection, New Mexico
Juan Amadeo Sanchez was born in Rio Pueblo in Rio Arriba County New Mexico. He was hired and instructed by the Federal Arts Project to replicate colonial New Mexican art. Although considered a "copyist" and not a santero or religious artist, his works were meant for national and statewide traveling exhibitions. Retablos by Sanchez are basically unknown in private collections and are as such exceedingly rare.
Juan Amadeo Sanchez
1930's
Height 11 1/2" Width 7 1/2"
Provenance: Private collection, New Mexico
Juan Amadeo Sanchez was born in Rio Pueblo in Rio Arriba County New Mexico. He was hired and instructed by the Federal Arts Project to replicate colonial New Mexican art. Although considered a "copyist" and not a santero or religious artist, his works were meant for national and statewide traveling exhibitions. Retablos by Sanchez are basically unknown in private collections and are as such exceedingly rare.