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Catalog Number

CAS 0370-1037   CAS 0370-1037; Painting
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 1946
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Opaque watercolor on paper
Description Untitled painting on white paper depicting side view black and white pinto horse sprinting across low green hill; Pair of orange and yellow flowers are in front of and behind horse; Stylized blue and yellow cloud (?) frames horse; Scene is set against plain white background; Signature "Beatian Yazz" is printed in orange paint near lower right corner; Date of painting is handwritten in pencil in upper left corner on reverse.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 25.0, Length = 17.8