Catalog Number
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-1119 | |
| Category | Visual Arts | |
| Object Name | Painting | |
| Culture | Navajo | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Arizona | |
| County | Apache | |
| Other Geographic Data | ||
| Maker's Name | Harrison Begay (Haskay Yahneyah) (1914 or 1917-2012) | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1950s | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Opaque watercolor on board | |
| Description | Painting on white poster board entitled "Twin Fawns Racing Under Rainbow", depicting pair of fawns leaping in front of stylized bush; Arching over them is a protective rainbow Yei, colored half pink and half blue; Background of painting is plain white; Signature "Harrison Begay" is printed in blue-gray paint near lower right corner; Written in pencil on reverse is "Twin Fawn and Rainbow, Twin Fawn Racing Under Rainbow, by Harrison Begay, Navajo Artist." Possibly, this painting was selected by Ruth and Charles deYoung Elkus in 1959 as their annual holiday card, printed by the Grabhorn Press in San Francisco. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 38.1, Length = 31.8 | |