This painting is illustrated on page 33 of Patricia Broder's book Earth Songs, Moon Dreams: Paintings by American Indian Women.
Description | This painting is illustrated on page 33 of Patricia Broder's book Earth Songs, Moon Dreams: Paintings by American Indian Women. |
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About the Artist | (1918-2020) Born at Taos pueblo, Elisa Bernal married Frank Apachito. Both an artist and an army veteran, having served in the Women's Army Core during World War II, Eloisa subsequently worked at the Albuquerque Indian School for thirty four years. This caring soul was referenced by Dorothy Dunn as a woman painter from Taos. Bernal is cited in the Remarkable Women of Taos, as well as in Jeanne Snodgrass' book American Indian Painters: A Biographical Directory and in Patrick Lester's book The Biographical Directory of Native American Painters. |
Medium | Opaque water-based paint, likely casein |
Sight size | 9" height X 13 1/2" width |
Frame | Single off-white window mat with dark blue bevel, regular glass, gold finished wood molding (worn) |
Frame size | 15" height X 19" width |
Signed | "E. Bernal-38" at viewer's lower right |
Date of creation | 1938 |
Condition | Good, not excellent due to red smudges near woman in red's neck and faint dark stain below first male dancer's right foot |
Provenance | RF-48, originally Patricia Broder's estate collection |