Mexican Wood Carving

Hacienda horse.

Excellent piece made by deep carving onto a single wood slab. During the first half of the 20th C Mexico had an important eruption of artistic creativity.

This engaging sculpture, at once figurative and abstract, was hand carved in orejón wood using traditional tools and without a drawing or pre-conceived idea. This time consuming meth...

Agustin made the change from the traditional Mexican wood carvings, commonly known as "alebrijes" to the contemporary in this beautifully disruptive piece.

A soulful and expressive double cherub carving, hand-carved in Mexico circa late 18th to early 19th century.

Hand carved religious figure found in Western Mexico, circa 1900.

19th Century Mexican Carousel Rhino. Handmade in Carved wood beautiful patina.

Hand-carved, wooden coffee mortar with original grinding / mashing arm 1960's. Grinding arm is 37" in length. Primitive in style.

This oblong wooden sphere—lacquered in a sultry, oxblood red—has been entirely armored in silver metal ex-votos, each one a tiny prayer hammered into form. Likely Mexican, the surfac...

Sculpture depicting a Cross with a stylized whimsical portrayal of Christ made on dark wood, sterling, and brass. It was elaborated by "Talleres Monásticos" (Emaus). Talleres Monást...

Collector pieces. Carved wood horse heads from Veracruz, Mexico used during ceremonial dances and festivities. Very rare find. Brown wood with white ceremonial paint. Original horse ...

“I came up with the idea as a toy for children,” says influential Mexican wood carver Agustin Cruz Tinoco. As Mr.

For your consideration a surrealist wooden sculpture in the style of Mathias Goeritz. Made in Mexico, circa 1960s.  

A wonderful rare large hand carved and painted Spanish Colonial Mexican santo altar figure, Saint Michael the Archangel standing over defeated Satan, circa 1800 Hand-crafted in Ne...

Great wood santo with articulating arms, thighs, and knees. Excellent vintage condition. Great sculptural object.

A whimsical large Mexican folk art wooden mermaid statue. Handmade in Mexico in the mid-20th century, hand carved, gessoed, polychrome painted, modeled in a seated position, nicely ...

A magnificent life-size Mexican folk art hand carved and painted wood body dance mask, in the form of a mermaid, dating to the early 20th century, most likely originating in Guerrero...

One of a kind wood carving mermaid piece by Agustin Cruz Prudencio. This delicate Alebrije is hand carved and painted with colorful acrylic colors. Inspired by local legends from Oax...

A charming pair of vintage Mexican folk art hand carved and painted Infant Jesus religious figures. circa 1960 Handmade in Mexico, mid-20th century, Baroque santo style, depicting (...

Group of three Folk Art hand-carved and painted wood roosters from Mexico. These wonderful and folky hand-carved wood roosters are all different and in good condition.

A Virgin Of Atocha - The Virgin Mary, 19th C. Wooden Sculpture believed to be from the 19th Century Mexico. The piece is all hand crafted and quite large at 45" tall. The crown, an...

Spanish Colonial carving of three saint figures, having remnants of original old paint, Mexico, early to mid-19th century.

Agustin made the change from the traditional Mexican wood carvings, commonly known as "alebrijes" to the contemporary in this beautifully disruptive piece.

Gorgeous vintage, Copal wood, folk art carving of an alligator or crocodile.

-Materials & Technique- Used by the mystic cultures of Pre-Columbian Mesoamerica and gathered from the Southern Mountain Range of Oaxaca, local farmers bring the aromatic copal ...

This hand carved horse head has a wonderful aged patina.This horse head was found in SantaFe but was carved in Mexico.

A pair of vintage 1950s North American Mexican handmade polychrome painted wood "Mexican Siesta book ends". Beautiful, colorful design and a great example of Mexican Folk Art male an...

18th century Spanish Colonial carving of the Christ child, "El Nino" with much of it's original paint remaining and beautiful blue glass eyes. Wearing a later beaded necklace and bra...

ABOUT Hand carved, painted Mexican wooden folk art archangel. CREATOR Unknown. Made in Mexico. DATE OF MANUFACTURE c.1940-1960. MATERIALS AND TECHNIQUES Paint, Wood. ...

About Hand carved, painted Mexican wooden folk art archangel on custom stand. Creator Unknown. Mexico. Date of manufacture circa 1940-1970. Materials and techniques paint, w...

Fantastic articulating wood Santo. Hand carved and hand painted. Great lines and detail. Excellent vintage condition.

Fantastic articulating wood skeleton Santo. Hand-carved and hand-painted. Great lines and detail. Excellent vintage condition.

Materials and technique Used by the mystic cultures of pre-Columbian Mesoamerica and gathered from the Southern Mountain Range of Oaxaca, local farmers bring the aromatic copal wood ...

A rare and sought-after authentic Mexican folk art work signed by all three renowned Jimenez Family members, including the celebrated Oaxacan alebrije creator Manuel Jimenez (Manuel ...

A large vintage Spanish Colonial style Mexican religious folk art carved wood santo figure - bulto carving.

This hand-carved wood plaque has a feeling of California Monterey Furniture. This tiered Mexican is taking a siesta. The hand-carved wood is walnut. The condition is very good.

Possibly 19th Century hand-carved wood arm & hand with Polychrome, Ex-Voto offering. Handpainted forearm Exvoto - 1857. In the style of a Santos arm, religious relic, fork art carved...

Designed by Don Shoemaker and handcrafted by Señal, S.A. Mexico. This hippopotamus box is an extremely rare piece by one of the greatest representatives of Mexican modernism, Don Sho...

Although carving is still permitted, the price of the wood has increased and production has decreased."

He is featured prominently in the book "Crafting Tradition: The Making and Marketing of Oaxacan Wood Carvings" by Michael Chibnik. The availability of Santiago's work is very limite...

New Mexican Santa Fe style dining or card table. This table came from an Albuquerque, N.M. home. Beautiful southwest motif. Table measures 40" wide, 40" deep and 31.5" high. Table...

Large hand-carved wood sculpture of the Virgin Mary with serpent.

Set of seven hand-carved sculptures from local wood called copal and meticulously hand-painted from Oaxaca Mexico named "Alebrijes." This set of sculptures represent a band of local...

Pair of Florian Arias wood carving pieces. In the Mexican Moderne style, Arias reproduced in wood similar themes as those of painter by Diego Rivera.

An early 20th century, Mexican "Day of the Dead" carved cactus articulating skeleton. Custom (new) iron wall hanging mount included.

Circa 1930 this piece is done by Flores Arias who was a classically trained Mexican artist known for his carvings that illustrate the plight of Mexican peasantry. Flores Arias worked...

Interesting wood column carving, said to be of 1950's vintage and from a home in Mexico city.

Original single piece wood carving by the late Antonio Aragon. His son Saul is now internationally renowned as an artist wood carver. Made in the Zapotec village of San Antonio Arra...

This is a Spanish Colonial era religious carving of the Christ. It would have been found in a niche or altar setting in a church, personal chapel, or home. It may have originally ha...

Unique two-sided hand-carved statue depicting the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the other side, The Virgin of Guadalupe. Removable carved pieces of wood surround the statue.

This Mexican Colonial figure of St. Anthony holding the Christ Child is made of carved wood with a blue/black, cream and gold painted finish that is highly distressed and worn from a...

Hand-carved religious Santo on removable black base.

A small Bulto of Santiago Matamoros mounted on his customary white horse, set inside a soft-pink painted wood box (portable shrine) with charming, pink paper flowers and Primitive, f...

Upper Cretaceous, about 70-65 million years ago (Maastrichtian) Morocco The skull is reconstructed in good proportions with fossil pieces found in a phosphate mine in Morocco. I att...

Hand carved Folk Art American Muscle car. Wood carved with original paint surface.

Bird Cage, Art Nouveau Year: 1900 Country: French Material: Iron It is an elegant and sophisticated bird cage. We have specialized in the sale of Art Deco and Art Nouveau styles s...

FINE ORIGINAL ANTIQUE 18th CENTURY BRITISH OIL PAINTING MAN O WAR IN HARBOUR Description Good Condition canvas but very old with some browning in places (see picture). Cleaned ,re-...

Large-scale 19th century English display cabinet executed in the Chinoiserie tradition. Constructed in carved mahogany and conceived as a tripartite architectural façade, each glazed...

Beautiful folk art toy piece made by La Familia Castillo. Handmade in clay and painted with acrylic paint. Created by master artisan Soledad Martha Hernández and her son Marco Anton...

Italian Venetian style (20th Cent) octagonal shaped painted and decorated metal and wood bird cage with 8 upholstered seat and back cushions around base. (Franco Zefferelli Collection)

Egyptian Revival loveseat composed of hardwood inlaid with bone,ebony, Upholstered in a very rare felt hand stitched applique fabric in Egyptian motif,,original,The loveseat features...

Complete antique pharmacy cabinet, with 3 open bookcases on the sides, 1 bookcase with drawers and 2 original doors with glass and enameled mirror sign. Built in the mid-19th century...

We are delighted to offer for sale this very rare one of a kind Pauly CIE Et stamped hand carved walnut armoire made by the genius that was Moses Michelangelo Guggenheim 1837-1910 W...

A rare pair of heliocodal French Directoire library bookcases in solid walnut. This type of bookcases is also known as 'boiseries de Bibliothèque' as they often, together with pannel...

A Magnificent and Rare Antique French Galle Signed Cut-Cameo Lamp with Original Signed Galle Cut-Cameo Shade, in Red and Yellow Sunset Colors. This floral motif Galle lamp is made i...