Catalog Number
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0370-1139 | |
| 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 | ca. 1960 | |
| Collection Name | Elkus Collection (Native American) | |
| Materials | Casein on mat board | |
| Description | Painting on green mat board, entitled "The Eclipse", depicting elder Navajo man dressed in gray jeans and green shirt riding brown and gray pinto horse; Man's hair is disheveled and his bent over position suggests exhaustion, as does slow gait of horse; Overhead is image of horned sun, painted in various shades of gray, with gray rays of light extending downward; Stylized landscape line is painted in shades of gray; Signature "Beatian Yazz" (with copyright symbol) is printed in gray paint in lower right corner; Title is written in pencil on reverse in upper left corner; Entire painting is framed by narrow pink line. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 55.7, Length = 71.0 | |