MASTER OAXACAN CARVER, ISIDORO CRUZ - RARE, VERY EARLY WORK
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| Reference Number: Avaluer:588038 | Modified Item: No |
| Provenance: Ownership History Available | Country/Region of Manufacture: Mexico |
| Featured Refinements: Oaxacan Wood Carving |
THIS BEAUTIFUL PIECE WAS PERSONALLY PURCHASED BY ME DIRECTLY FROM ISIDORO CRUZ AT HIS HOME WORKSHOP IN SAN MARTIN TILCAJETE, OAXACA, MEXICO NEARLY THIRTY (30) YEARS AGO! AT THAT TIME, I BECAME IMPASSIONED ABOUT OAXACAN ART AND WAS LUCKY ENOUGH TO BE ABLE TO MEET AND COLLECT WONDERFUL PIECES OF OAXACAN CARVINGS FROM THE MASTER CARVERS OF THAT ERA. THIS IS A VERY EARLY CARVING AND, AS SUCH, RARELY, IF EVER, BECOME AVAILABLE TO SEE OR COLLECT.
ISIDORO CRUZ IS CERTAINLY ONE ...OF THE INITIAL MASTER CARVERS OF THIS ART FORM. I KNEW HIM PERSONALLY AND VISITED WITH HIM QUITE OFTEN WHEN I PURCHASED THESE PIECES MANY YEARS AGO. AT THAT TIME AND EVEN NOW, HIS EARLY PIECES WERE QUITE UNIQUE FROM THE OTHER ARTISTS FROM SAN MARTIN, BOTH IN SUBJECT MATTER AND HIS USE OF NATURAL DYES AND PAINTS. GENERALLY, HIS WORKS ARE SIMPLE BUT VERY EXPRESSIVE.
AS PREVIOUSLY STATED, ALL MY PIECES HAVE BEEN CAREFULLY STORED IN AN AIR CONDITIONED, LIGHT-FREE ENVIRONMENT. THEY ARE IN THE SAME EXACT CONDITION AS ON THE DAY THEY WERE DISCOVERED AND PURCHASED. THESE PIECES WOULD BE A VERY UNIQUE ADDITION TO ANY SERIOUS COLLECTION OF OXACAN CARVINGS FROM MASTER CARVERS.
THIS MERMAID RIDING A FROG IS VERY WHIMSICAL. PLEASE SEE THE IMAGES. THE MARKS ON THE INSTRUMENT AND THE BOTTOM OF THE MERMAID WERE THERE WHEN ACQUIRED IN 1991. THEY ARE NOT DEFECTS. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE ASK BEFORE BIDDING.
PLEASE BE ADVISED THAT ALL PIECES ARE CARFULLY PACKED AND MAILED FULLY INSURED.
ISIDORO CRUZ IS CERTAINLY ONE ...OF THE INITIAL MASTER CARVERS OF THIS ART FORM. I KNEW HIM PERSONALLY AND VISITED WITH HIM QUITE OFTEN WHEN I PURCHASED THESE PIECES MANY YEARS AGO. AT THAT TIME AND EVEN NOW, HIS EARLY PIECES WERE QUITE UNIQUE FROM THE OTHER ARTISTS FROM SAN MARTIN, BOTH IN SUBJECT MATTER AND HIS USE OF NATURAL DYES AND PAINTS. GENERALLY, HIS WORKS ARE SIMPLE BUT VERY EXPRESSIVE.
AS PREVIOUSLY STATED, ALL MY PIECES HAVE BEEN CAREFULLY STORED IN AN AIR CONDITIONED, LIGHT-FREE ENVIRONMENT. THEY ARE IN THE SAME EXACT CONDITION AS ON THE DAY THEY WERE DISCOVERED AND PURCHASED. THESE PIECES WOULD BE A VERY UNIQUE ADDITION TO ANY SERIOUS COLLECTION OF OXACAN CARVINGS FROM MASTER CARVERS.
THIS MERMAID RIDING A FROG IS VERY WHIMSICAL. PLEASE SEE THE IMAGES. THE MARKS ON THE INSTRUMENT AND THE BOTTOM OF THE MERMAID WERE THERE WHEN ACQUIRED IN 1991. THEY ARE NOT DEFECTS. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE ASK BEFORE BIDDING.
PLEASE BE ADVISED THAT ALL PIECES ARE CARFULLY PACKED AND MAILED FULLY INSURED.
