Huichol yarn painting by anonymous Huichol Artist in the style of Ramon Medina Silva. Actual authorship unclear.
Nayarit, Mexico, c. 1970
Yarn pressed into beeswax on plywood
(22" x 22")
From a private collection. Originally purchased in the 1970s from the Mexican Art Annex on 56th St., New York. The store was owned by Annie Felshin O'Neill, who led collecting trips to Mexico for Nelson Rockefeller. After Rockefeller's death she was in charge of placing his huge Mexican folk art collection into two museums - in San Francisco and San Antonio.
$575 (framed)