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Catalog Number

CAS 0370-1145   CAS 0370-1145; Painting
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Painting
Culture Navajo
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. Arizona
County Apache
Other Geographic Data Town: St. Michaels
Maker's Name Robert Chee (1938-1972)
Date of Manufacture ca. 1960
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Casein on mat board
Description Untitled painting on black mat board depicting two young Navajo men riding their horses toward right edge of painting; Lead rider is on gray pinto horse and is dressed in gray jeans and brown shirt and is playing Navajo pottery drum; Second rider is on salmon-colored pinto horse is is dressed in gray jeans and blue shirt; Stylized plants are in foreground; Navajo Yei (deity) figure streaks across sky in background, and small bird in flight arches across sky in upper left quadrant; Signature "Robert Chee" is printed in gray paint in lower right corner.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 76.9, Length = 50.9