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José Benítez Sánchez (Mexican, Huichol (Wixárika), 1938–2009). <em>Yarn Painting of Flaming Serpent</em>, early to mid–1990s. Wood, yarn, bee’s wax, pigment, 15 3/4 x 15 11/16 x 1 1/8 in. (40 x 39.8 x 2.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Edward J. Guarino Collection in memory of Edgar J. Guarino, 2015.68.32. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.2015.68.32_front.jpg)
José Benítez Sánchez (Mexican, Huichol (Wixárika), 1938–2009). Yarn Painting of Flaming Serpent, early to mid–1990s. Wood, yarn, bee’s wax, pigment, 15 3/4 x 15 11/16 x 1 1/8 in. (40 x 39.8 x 2.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Edward J. Guarino Collection in memory of Edgar J. Guarino, 2015.68.32. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.2015.68.32_front.jpg)
José Benítez Sánchez (Mexican, Huichol (Wixárika), 1938–2009). <em>Yarn Painting of Flaming Serpent</em>, early to mid–1990s. Wood, yarn, bee’s wax, pigment, 15 3/4 x 15 11/16 x 1 1/8 in. (40 x 39.8 x 2.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Edward J. Guarino Collection in memory of Edgar J. Guarino, 2015.68.32. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.2015.68.32_front.jpg)

José Benítez Sánchez (Mexican, Huichol (Wixárika), 1938–2009). Yarn Painting of Flaming Serpent, early to mid–1990s. Wood, yarn, bee’s wax, pigment, 15 3/4 x 15 11/16 x 1 1/8 in. (40 x 39.8 x 2.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Edward J. Guarino Collection in memory of Edgar J. Guarino, 2015.68.32. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.2015.68.32_front.jpg)

José Benítez Sánchez (Mexican, Huichol (Wixárika), 1938–2009). <em>Yarn Painting of Flaming Serpent</em>, early to mid–1990s. Wood, yarn, bee’s wax, pigment, 15 3/4 x 15 11/16 x 1 1/8 in. (40 x 39.8 x 2.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Edward J. Guarino Collection in memory of Edgar J. Guarino, 2015.68.32. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.2015.68.32_back.jpg)

José Benítez Sánchez (Mexican, Huichol (Wixárika), 1938–2009). Yarn Painting of Flaming Serpent, early to mid–1990s. Wood, yarn, bee’s wax, pigment, 15 3/4 x 15 11/16 x 1 1/8 in. (40 x 39.8 x 2.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Edward J. Guarino Collection in memory of Edgar J. Guarino, 2015.68.32. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.2015.68.32_back.jpg)

José Benítez Sánchez (Mexican, Huichol (Wixárika), 1938–2009). <em>Yarn Painting of Flaming Serpent</em>, early to mid–1990s. Wood, yarn, bee’s wax, pigment, 15 3/4 x 15 11/16 x 1 1/8 in. (40 x 39.8 x 2.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Edward J. Guarino Collection in memory of Edgar J. Guarino, 2015.68.32. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.2015.68.32_back_detail01.jpg)

José Benítez Sánchez (Mexican, Huichol (Wixárika), 1938–2009). Yarn Painting of Flaming Serpent, early to mid–1990s. Wood, yarn, bee’s wax, pigment, 15 3/4 x 15 11/16 x 1 1/8 in. (40 x 39.8 x 2.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Edward J. Guarino Collection in memory of Edgar J. Guarino, 2015.68.32. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.2015.68.32_back_detail01.jpg)

José Benítez Sánchez (Mexican, Huichol (Wixárika), 1938–2009). <em>Yarn Painting of Flaming Serpent</em>, early to mid–1990s. Wood, yarn, bee’s wax, pigment, 15 3/4 x 15 11/16 x 1 1/8 in. (40 x 39.8 x 2.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Edward J. Guarino Collection in memory of Edgar J. Guarino, 2015.68.32. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.2015.68.32_back_detail02.jpg)

José Benítez Sánchez (Mexican, Huichol (Wixárika), 1938–2009). Yarn Painting of Flaming Serpent, early to mid–1990s. Wood, yarn, bee’s wax, pigment, 15 3/4 x 15 11/16 x 1 1/8 in. (40 x 39.8 x 2.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Edward J. Guarino Collection in memory of Edgar J. Guarino, 2015.68.32. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.2015.68.32_back_detail02.jpg)

José Benítez Sánchez (Mexican, Huichol (Wixárika), 1938–2009). <em>Yarn Painting of Flaming Serpent</em>, early to mid–1990s. Wood, yarn, bee’s wax, pigment, 15 3/4 x 15 11/16 x 1 1/8 in. (40 x 39.8 x 2.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Edward J. Guarino Collection in memory of Edgar J. Guarino, 2015.68.32. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.2015.68.32_back_detail03.jpg)

José Benítez Sánchez (Mexican, Huichol (Wixárika), 1938–2009). Yarn Painting of Flaming Serpent, early to mid–1990s. Wood, yarn, bee’s wax, pigment, 15 3/4 x 15 11/16 x 1 1/8 in. (40 x 39.8 x 2.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Edward J. Guarino Collection in memory of Edgar J. Guarino, 2015.68.32. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.2015.68.32_back_detail03.jpg)

José Benítez Sánchez (Mexican, Huichol (Wixárika), 1938–2009). <em>Yarn Painting of Flaming Serpent</em>, early to mid–1990s. Wood, yarn, bee’s wax, pigment, 15 3/4 x 15 11/16 x 1 1/8 in. (40 x 39.8 x 2.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Edward J. Guarino Collection in memory of Edgar J. Guarino, 2015.68.32. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.2015.68.32_back_detail04.jpg)

José Benítez Sánchez (Mexican, Huichol (Wixárika), 1938–2009). Yarn Painting of Flaming Serpent, early to mid–1990s. Wood, yarn, bee’s wax, pigment, 15 3/4 x 15 11/16 x 1 1/8 in. (40 x 39.8 x 2.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Edward J. Guarino Collection in memory of Edgar J. Guarino, 2015.68.32. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.2015.68.32_back_detail04.jpg)

José Benítez Sánchez (Mexican, Huichol (Wixárika), 1938–2009). <em>Yarn Painting of Flaming Serpent</em>, early to mid–1990s. Wood, yarn, bee’s wax, pigment, 15 3/4 x 15 11/16 x 1 1/8 in. (40 x 39.8 x 2.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Edward J. Guarino Collection in memory of Edgar J. Guarino, 2015.68.32. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.2015.68.32_back_detail05.jpg)

José Benítez Sánchez (Mexican, Huichol (Wixárika), 1938–2009). Yarn Painting of Flaming Serpent, early to mid–1990s. Wood, yarn, bee’s wax, pigment, 15 3/4 x 15 11/16 x 1 1/8 in. (40 x 39.8 x 2.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Edward J. Guarino Collection in memory of Edgar J. Guarino, 2015.68.32. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.2015.68.32_back_detail05.jpg)

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Yarn Painting of Flaming Serpent

José Benítez Sánchez

Arts of the Americas

ARTIST José Benítez Sánchez, Mexican, Huichol (Wixárika), 1938–2009
MEDIUM Wood, yarn, bee’s wax, pigment
DATES early to mid–1990s
DIMENSIONS 15 3/4 x 15 11/16 x 1 1/8 in. (40 x 39.8 x 2.9 cm)  (show scale)
SIGNATURE Signed "José Benítez Sánchez" on verso
INSCRIPTIONS Inscription on verso: La respiración de la tierra el serpiente es ombligo de los dioses en donde sieran el ojo del centro de la tierra en donde vino el viento y la respiración de la tierra se dio e conoce el remolino tierra en donde de respira el mundo. Translation: “The earth’s breath [comes from] the serpent that is the navel of the gods, where an eye was made at the center of the earth where the wind came and the breath of the earth was released and is known as the land whirlpool from which the world breathes.”
COLLECTIONS Arts of the Americas
ACCESSION NUMBER 2015.68.32
CREDIT LINE Gift of the Edward J. Guarino Collection in memory of Edgar J. Guarino
MUSEUM LOCATION This item is not on view
CAPTION José Benítez Sánchez (Mexican, Huichol (Wixárika), 1938–2009). Yarn Painting of Flaming Serpent, early to mid–1990s. Wood, yarn, bee’s wax, pigment, 15 3/4 x 15 11/16 x 1 1/8 in. (40 x 39.8 x 2.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Edward J. Guarino Collection in memory of Edgar J. Guarino, 2015.68.32. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.2015.68.32_front.jpg)
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José Benítez Sánchez (Mexican, Huichol (Wixárika), 1938–2009). <em>Yarn Painting of Flaming Serpent</em>, early to mid–1990s. Wood, yarn, bee’s wax, pigment, 15 3/4 x 15 11/16 x 1 1/8 in. (40 x 39.8 x 2.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Edward J. Guarino Collection in memory of Edgar J. Guarino, 2015.68.32. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.2015.68.32_front.jpg)

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