The Doll Maker (Koyemsi Mudhead)
N.D. Shirley
- Marked Down $250.00
- Gallery Price $400.00
- Title
- The Doll Maker (Koyemsi Mudhead)
- Artist
- N.D. Shirley
- Medium
- Watercolor and ink on paper
- Sight size
- 7 5/8" height X 5 5/8" width
- Frame
- Paper mat board, regular glass, black finished molding. Frame's molding needs attention.
- Frame size
- 14 1/2" height X 12 1/2" width
- Signed
- "N.D. Shirley 1990" at viewer's lower right
- Date of creation
- 1990
- Condition
- Excellent, as appeared framed, glazed.
- Provenance
- SF
- About The The Doll Maker (Koyemsi Mudhead)
Orange tabby cat spies mouse, while mudhead figure is applying paint to his creationseated on a tree stump.
Shirley gives us a visual taste of his humorous depiction of day to day life on the rez. His drawings are simultanously sparse and rich in content.
- About N.D. Shirley
(Born 1938, deceased 2005 Navajo) Nelson Dodge Shirley (Hashkay-ha-nah), a designer, illustrator, draftsman and painter chose to work in gouache, watercolor, pastel, graphite and charcoal. Frequently Shirley's compositions have a humorous edge. Shirley's father was a recognized professional artist as well, Charles Keetsie Shirley.
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