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Object Number 997-20-10/74718
Display Title Painting of man and tree
Descriptions
Object Description Painting of man and tree. Polychrome on black background depicting a man in a loincloth, facing away from the viewer; there is a blanket over his left proper shoulder and a single eagle feather in his hair; upraised right proper hand. The man faces upward toward the sun. The sun is animated with two eyes peeking above the billows of three clouds which obscure three quarters of it; rays point upwards, lines indicating rain extend directly downward, a single lightning bolt extends diagonally across the lines of the rain. To the man's right a yellow four-tiered platform, rendered as a collage form, extends to the right of the composition. A pine tree, its boughs indicated in green, yellow, lavender and red reaches the level of the cloud; directly above the level of the sun, is [see Object Description text entry for extended description]
Classification
  • Painting
Date 1930-1939
Artist Luis Gonzales
Culture
  • San Ildefonso
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / New Mexico / Santa Fe County / San Ildefonso Pueblo / San Ildefonso Pueblo
Dimensions Overall: 47 x 31.4 cm (18 1/2 x 12 3/8 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Harriet C. Cushman
Provenance
Collector William Allen Cushman (1930-1940 ca.)
Donor Harriet C. Cushman (8/14/97)

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