Navajo Woman Spinning Wool
c. 1935
Artist, Navajo, 1916 - 2000

Artwork overview
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Medium
transparent and opaque watercolor over graphite on wove paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
image (irregular): 13.97 × 13.65 cm (5 1/2 × 5 3/8 in.)
sheet: 26.67 × 29.53 cm (10 1/2 × 11 5/8 in.) -
Accession
2015.19.388
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Amelia Elizabeth White, Santa Fe, New Mexico; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1937; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1972
Arts of the American Indian, Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, California, 1972
1980
Symbols and Scenes: Art By and About American Indians, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1980
Bibliography
1983
Simmons, Linda Crocker and with the assistance of Adrianne J. Humphrey, et al. American Drawings, Watercolors, Pastels, and Collages in the Collection of the Corcoran Gallery of Art. Washington, DC: Corcoran Gallery of Art, 1983: p. 215, no. 1443.
Inscriptions
lower right in brown gouache: Andy Tsinajinnie
Markings
None.
Watermarks
None.
Wikidata ID
Q64535809