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Catalog Number

CAS 0370-1032   CAS 0370-1032; Serigraph
Category Visual Arts
Object Name Serigraph
Culture Navajo
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. New Mexico
County Santa Fe
Other Geographic Data City: Santa Fe
Maker's Name Harrison Begay (Haskay Yahneyah) (1914 or 1917-2012)
Date of Manufacture ca. 1945-1950
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Ink on paper
Description Serigraph on beige colored paper entitled "Boy and Horse," depicting Navajo boy dressed in high moccasins, white pants and blue shirt, standing alongside golden colored pinto horse with saddle and rolled up Navajo saddle blanket on horse's back; Stylized juniper tree and yucca plants in background; Signature "Harrison Begay" is silk-screened near lower right corner; "A Silkscreen Reproduction, Copyright, Tewa Enterprises, Santa Fe, New Mexico" is imprinted in lower right corner.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 32.0, Length = 29.1