Christ

Arts of the Americas

1880–1907

José Benito Ortega
American, 1858–1941
New Mexico

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Arts of the Americas

Artist: José Benito Ortega (Sculptor)
Title: Christ
Place: New Mexico (Object made in)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: c. 1880–1907
Medium: Wood, fabric, gesso, and paint
Dimensions: 143.2 × 27.3 ✕ 17.8 cm (56 3/8 × 10 3/4 ✕ 7 in.)
Credit Line: Simeon B. Williams Fund
Reference Number: 1983.528
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The Art Institute of Chicago, Annual Report 1983–4, p. 68 (ill.).
Judith A. Barter and Monica Obniski, “For Kith and Kin: The Folk Art Collection at the Art Institute of Chicago,” (Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago/Yale University Press, 2012) no. 47.

Art Institute of Chicago, Photography + Folk Art: Looking for America in the 1930s, Sept. 21, 2019–Jan. 19, 2020, no cat.

With Robert Stolper Galleries, New York, NY; gift of Mrs. Lazzetta Gary to the La Jolla Art Center, La Jolla, CA, 1961; deaccessioned around 1964; sold to an unnamed New York dealer; sold to an unnamed California collector; with Rex Arrowsmith, Santa Fe, NM, by 1983; sold to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1983.

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