Watermelon
Artist
Felipe Archuleta
1910 Santa Cruz, New Mexico - 1991 Tesuque, New Mexico
Date1977
Mediumwood, paint
Dimensionswatermelon: 8 × 21 × 6 in. (20.3 × 53.3 × 15.2 cm)
slice: 6 × 8 1/2 × 2 in. (15.2 × 21.6 × 5.1 cm)
slice: 6 × 8 1/2 × 2 in. (15.2 × 21.6 × 5.1 cm)
ClassificationsSculpture
Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, gift of Mary and David Corley
Object numberPC2008.28.3
DescriptionA wooden watermelon sculpture with a slice taken from it. The outer rind of the watermelon is solid green and the flesh is bright red and dotted with black seeds. The edge of the removed slice is rough and organic.On View
Not on view
ca. 1950
