COLLECTION NAME:
The AMICA Library
Record
AMICA ID:
SAAM.1979.144.28
AMICA Library Year:
2001
Object Type:
Drawings and Watercolors
Creator Name:
Tsireh, Awa
Creator Nationality:
North American; American
Creator Role:
Artist
Creator Dates/Places:
ca 1895-ca. 1955
Biography:
Member of both Navajo and San ildefonso tribal groups. Self-taught. Additional artists in the family includehis mother Alfoncita Roybal, aunt TonitaRoybal, uncle Crecencio Martinez, uncle Juan and sister Santana Martinez(the daughter-in-law of Julian Martinez head of another artistic family). Was the leader of the San Ildefonsoartists.
Creator Name-CRT:
Awa Tsireh
Title:
Navajo Yebijhi Dance
Title Type:
Title
View:
Full View
Creation Date:
ca. 1923
Creation Start Date:
1923
Creation End Date:
1923
Materials and Techniques:
watercolor, ink, and pencil on paperboard
Dimensions:
sheet: 11 3/8 x 14 3/8 in. (28.9 x 36.4 cm.)
AMICA Contributor:
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Owner Location:
Washington, DC, USA
ID Number:
1979.144.28
Credit Line:
Corbin-Henderson Collection, gift of Alice Rossin
Inscriptions:
lower right in ink: -Awa-tsirehback lower left to upper left in pencil: Boughtpersenally (sic) from Awa Tsireh in 1923 when he was first starting To paint/J. g. m-backing verso upper left in felt-tipped pen and ink: 1923
Copyright:
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Related Image Identifier Link:
SAAM.1979.144.28.tif
