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Horacio Valdez, Carreta de Muerte (Death Cart), 1975, painted cottonwood, hair, and leather, Overall: 55 1⁄2 x 51 7⁄8 x 32 3⁄4 in. (141.0 x 131.8 x 83.2 cm) A (cart): 38 7⁄8 x 51 7⁄8 x 32 3⁄4 in. (98.7 x 131.8 x 83.2 cm) B (yoke): 12 x 7 7⁄8 x 7 7⁄8 in. (30.5 x 19.9 x 19.9 cm) C (skeleton, seated): 31 1⁄2 x 24 x 12 1⁄2 in. (80.0 x 61.0 x 31.8 cm) D (bow): 21 1⁄4 x 9 x 1⁄2 in. (54.1 x 22.9 x 1.3 cm) E (arrow): 16 1⁄2 x 1⁄4 in. (41.9 x .6 cm) diam. F (pick): 13 3⁄4 x 7 1⁄8 x 1 3⁄8 in. (34.8 x 18.1 x 3.5 cm) G (axe): 15 3⁄8 x 4 7⁄8 x 1 1⁄8 in. (39.1 x 12.4 x 2.7 cm) H (seat): 27 1⁄8 x 18 1⁄8 x 6 3⁄4 in. (69.0 x 45.9 x 17.2 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Chuck and Jan Rosenak and museum purchase through the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment, 1997.124.91A-H
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Artwork Details
- Title
- Carreta de Muerte (Death Cart)
- Artist
- Date
- 1975
- Location
- Not on view
- Dimensions
- Overall: 55 1⁄2 x 51 7⁄8 x 32 3⁄4 in. (141.0 x 131.8 x 83.2 cm) A (cart): 38 7⁄8 x 51 7⁄8 x 32 3⁄4 in. (98.7 x 131.8 x 83.2 cm) B (yoke): 12 x 7 7⁄8 x 7 7⁄8 in. (30.5 x 19.9 x 19.9 cm) C (skeleton, seated): 31 1⁄2 x 24 x 12 1⁄2 in. (80.0 x 61.0 x 31.8 cm) D (bow): 21 1⁄4 x 9 x 1⁄2 in. (54.1 x 22.9 x 1.3 cm) E (arrow): 16 1⁄2 x 1⁄4 in. (41.9 x .6 cm) diam. F (pick): 13 3⁄4 x 7 1⁄8 x 1 3⁄8 in. (34.8 x 18.1 x 3.5 cm) G (axe): 15 3⁄8 x 4 7⁄8 x 1 1⁄8 in. (39.1 x 12.4 x 2.7 cm) H (seat): 27 1⁄8 x 18 1⁄8 x 6 3⁄4 in. (69.0 x 45.9 x 17.2 cm)
- Credit Line
- Gift of Chuck and Jan Rosenak and museum purchase through the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment
- Mediums
- Mediums Description
- painted cottonwood, hair, and leather
- Classifications
- Subjects
- Architecture — vehicle — cart
- Figure — fragment — skeleton
- Object — weapon — bow and arrow
- Object — weapon — axe
- Object Number
- 1997.124.91A-H