DepartmentUnited States & Canada
Red Hot
NameSculpture
(not entered)Candleholder
Artist
Billy Ray Hussey
(American, born 1955)
CultureAmerican South
Date2020
(not assigned)Bennett, NORTH CAROLINA, United States, North America
MediumEarthenware, glaze
Dimensions10 1/2 × 10 × 15 in. (26.6701 × 25.4001 × 38.1001 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, IFAF Collection, FA.2020.37.2
Object numberFA.2020.37.2
ProvenancePurchased directly from the artist by the curator.
DescriptionDepiction of a red devilish character with a broad, white-tooth smile, yellow eyes, bushy eyebrows, four legs on a long body, and multiple candlesticks on his back.
c. 1960
20th Century
ca.1937
1680 - 1725
ca. 1960
Mid-18th century