As I first saw "American Woman" at the Tucson Gem Show 2010 It was for sale on E-Bay for $5,000,000. I do not know if it was sold.
Francisco Sotomayor is famous as one of the best stone carvers. I have been a fan since admiring his carving, “American Woman”, a full sized woman reclined on a full sized grand piano. I saw it in person at the Tucson Gem and Mineral Show in 2010. The piece started with a 21 ton piece of Colorado white marble, and took two years to carve. The detail was like a Michaelangelo, right down to hair on the eyelids. There are videos on FB of him harvesting the marble and carving this piece.
"Thinking Frog" 2013 Sonoran Sunrise from Mexico
"Frog and Ball" 2013 Sonoran Sunrise-Mexico
"Skull Wearing Sunglasses" 2009 Colorado Yule Marble -the same stone "American Woman" was made from.
"Scorpion and the 44 Magnum" 2014 Obsidian-Mexico
"Scorpion #2-2013 Rowley Chrysocolla-Arizona
Scorpion and the Clovis-2013 Obsidian-Colorado It is interesting what Fransisco says about this piece: "This sculpture was a difficult test, to develop ancient skills of knapping, to modern day diamond carving. The Clovis is a knapped replica of the Rutz Clovis, the largest known Clovis found in North America. Both the Clovis and Scorpion are one piece of obsidian".
Sotomayor is a Colorado native. Not only is he a master carver, many of his works are quite whimsical. This year at the show, some of his whimsical pieces were on display.
His leg(s) are on the trigger..