{"object":[{"sourceId":{"label":"Source ID","value":"890"},"copyright":{"label":"Copyright","value":"Copyright for this work is under review."},"creditline":{"label":"Credit Line","value":"Gift of Elizabeth F. Wecter, Animal Carnival, Inc."},"endDate":{"label":"End Date","value":"1982"},"sortNumber":{"label":"Sort Number","value":"1985    20   11"},"invno":{"label":"Accession number","value":"1985.20.11"},"description":{"label":"Description","value":"Paint on cottonwood, with wood teeth, marble eyes, sisal whiskers, and rubber toenails"},"medium":{"label":"Medium","value":"Paint on cottonwood with wood, marbles, sisal, rubber"},"geographyPlaceregion":{"label":"Place/Region","value":"Tesuque"},"media":{"label":"Media","value":{"mediaURL":"https://collection.folkartmuseum.org/internal/media/dispatcher/4733/full","mediaDepartment":"Object Photographs","mediaType":"Image","mediaId":"4733"}},"title":{"label":"Title","value":"Coyote"},"geographyCity":{"value":"Tesuque"},"textEntriesWebsitedisplaytext":{"value":["I asked God for some kind of miracle, some kind of a thing to do, to give me something to make my life with. I started carving and they just come out of my mind after that.\u2014Felipe Benito ArchuletaFelipe Benito Archuleta is known for his ferocious life-size animals, created with a chain saw and detailed with a pocketknife. In 1964 Archuleta reported a vision instructing him to make woodcarvings. The connection with the supernatural and the afterlife is remarkably common ground for many self-taught artists. It explains their artistic impulse but also provides a context for being uprooted and redefined with new foundations. Art historian Michel Thévoz suggested in an article referring to mediumistic artists (historically related to art brut) that this \u201crelation\u201d is an alibi for the \u201ccommon man\u201d who is afraid to proclaim himself an artist. The attribution to a mission bestowed by uncontrollable powers could serve as a way to evade condemnation by relatives or members of the community, who perhaps could more readily accept the fate of creation than an irrepressible drive coming from within.Valérie Rousseau, \u201cCoyote,\u201d exhibition label for Self-Taught Genius: Treasures from the American Folk Art Museum. Stacy C. Hollander and Valérie Rousseau, curators. New York: American Folk Art Museum, 2014.","Object information is a work in progress and may be updated with new research. Records are reviewed and revised, and the American Folk Art Museum welcomes additional information.　To help improve this record, please email photoservices@folkartmuseum.org","SCULPTURE"]},"collections":{"label":"Collections","value":"Three Dimensional Works"},"geography":{"label":"Geography","value":"Tesuque"},"id":{"label":"Id","value":"152821"},"geographyState":{"value":"New Mexico"},"markings":{"label":"Markings","value":""},"signed":{"label":"Signed","value":"in paint underside: 'Coyote by F.B. A.'"},"geographyCountry":{"value":"United States"},"onview":{"label":"On View","value":"0"},"people":{"label":"Artist / Maker","value":{"displayOrder":"1","personRole":"Artist","personID":"402","content":"Felipe Benito Archuleta"}},"classifications":{"label":"Classification(s)","value":"Sculpture"},"textEntries":{"label":"Text Entries","value":["I asked God for some kind of miracle, some kind of a thing to do, to give me something to make my life with. 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The attribution to a mission bestowed by uncontrollable powers could serve as a way to evade condemnation by relatives or members of the community, who perhaps could more readily accept the fate of creation than an irrepressible drive coming from within.Valérie Rousseau, \u201cCoyote,\u201d exhibition label for Self-Taught Genius: Treasures from the American Folk Art Museum. Stacy C. Hollander and Valérie Rousseau, curators. New York: American Folk Art Museum, 2014.","Object information is a work in progress and may be updated with new research. 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