So much content in such a tiny space !!!
Four women posed before their pueblo, balancing pottery water jars atop their heads.
Description | So much content in such a tiny space !!! Four women posed before their pueblo, balancing pottery water jars atop their heads. |
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About the Artist | (20th century) This artist's last known address was Espanola, New Mexico. Her Indian name is Nan Tsaawa. She is from San Ildefonso Pueblo. She has won awards for her miniature paintings at the Santa Fe Indian Market in 1966 (2nd Place). 1989 (3rd Place) 1990 (1st Place and 2nd Place) and 1992 (3rd Place). |
Culture | Women Artists, American Indian |
Style | Nostalgic American Indian |
Medium | Gouache (opaque watercolor) on paper |
Sight size | 1 5/8" height X 3 5/8" width |
Frame | Single paper mat, regular glass, antiqued wood molding |
Frame size | 3 3/4" height X 5 3/4" width |
Signed | "DS" at viewer's lower right |
Date of creation | 1986 (dated on verso) |
Condition | Excellent, as appeared framed, glazed. |
Provenance | APF, a Northern California collector of fine American Indian paintings AF |