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Bird
Bird

Bird

Artist (Native American, 1898 - 1955)
Dateca. 1930
CultureSan Ildefonso Pueblo
Geographic OriginNew Mexico | San Ildefonso pueblo
MediumWatercolor and black ink on beige paper
DimensionsPaper: H 14 1/16 x W 11 1/16 in. (H 35.7 x W 28.1 cm)
Mat: H 20 x W 16 in. (H 50.8 x W 40.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Amelia Elizabeth White, 1937
Object number37.224
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Object NamePainting
Title Details
Descriptive Title Bird
Remarks Catalog card
Inscriptionsrecto: l.r., black ink "Awa Tsireh"; verso: bottom c., graphite script " Bird Awa Tsireh #266A $35.00"Marks and Labels/StampsRemnants of paper label attached to verso, illegible [Gallery of American Indian Art label?]ProvenanceGallery of American Indian Art, New York, New York; Miss Amelia Elizabeth White, Santa Fe, New MexicoExhibition History"Seeing America: Native Artists of North America", Newark Museum, Newark, New Jersey (2016).
Art Institute of Chicago, 14 th International exhibition of Watercolors, 1935

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