Horacio E Valdez, San Rafael Altar Screen, 1979

Horacio E Valdez(1929 – 1992)San Rafael Altar Screen, 1979carved wood, gesso, pigmentinscribed verso: HORACIO E VALDEZ / 6 27 79 / SANTA ROSA DE LIMA / DIOS TODO PODEROSO / MADRE DE DOLORES / SAN JOSE’ / SAN FRANCISCO DE ASISLived in Dixon. Valdez began carving as an adult in the mid-1970s after an accident crushed his hand. Both Charles Carrillo and Luis Tapia cite Valdez as a major influence on their own work. He was one of the first santeros to show painted work at Spanish Market. Source: tfaoi.org36 x 33 x 8 3/4 in. (91.44 x 83.82 x 22.23 cm.) The Paul Rhetts Collection, New MexicoExhibited:”Our Saints Among Us: 400 Years of New Mexican Devotional Art”, from 1997-2001, New Mexico, Arizona, California, Texas, and Colorado.Literature:Paul Rhetts, Our Saints Among Us: 400 years of New Mexican Devotional Art, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 1998. P. 108