Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-1054 |
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Category |
Visual Arts |
Object Name |
Painting |
Culture |
Navajo |
Global Region |
North America |
Country |
USA |
State/Prov./Dist. |
Arizona |
County |
Apache |
Other Geographic
Data |
Community: Wide Ruins |
Maker's Name |
Beatien Yazz (Beatian Yazz, Jimmy Toddy) (b. 1928) |
Date of Manufacture |
February 1943 |
Collection Name |
Elkus Collection (Native American) |
Materials |
Opaque watercolor on paper |
Description |
Untitled painting on white paper depicting standing Navajo man dressed in black pants, red shirt, and yellow shoulder blanket; Multi-colored scarf is tied at side of man's head around and pair of eagle feathers are mounted behind his head; Figure is set against plain white background with no attempt at perspective; Signature "Beatien Yazz" is printed in black paint in lower right corner; Date of painting is handwritten in pencil in upper left corner on reverse. |
Dimensions (cm) |
Width = 30.5, Length = 45.7 |