Running Deer

1920-1930

Richard Martinez

Associated Names
Richard Martinez

Artist, San Ildefonso, 1904 - 1987

The image shows curved lines and arcs forming abstract canopies, accompanied by zigzag and wavy lines. Two stylized figures resembling horses with black and white patterns are depicted mid-gallop. Shapes resembling steps, platforms, and stylized botanical elements are also present. The composition balances between geometric abstraction and representational forms, connecting abstract shapes with recognizable outlines of animals and nature.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    transparent and opaque watercolor over graphite on wove paper mounted to board

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Gift of Amelia E. White)

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 37.15 × 71.12 cm (14 5/8 × 28 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.19.394

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Mr. and Mrs. John Mead Howells, New York; 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

1931

  • The Exposition of Tribal Indian Arts, Grand Central Art Galleries, New York, 1931, no. 188

1980

  • Symbols and Scenes: Art By and About American Indians, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1980 (as "Leaping Deer Design")

1983

  • American Master Drawings from the Collection, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1983 (as "Design of Leaping Deer")

1986

  • American Masters: Works on Paper from the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC; Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service, 1986-1988, pp. 60-63, no. 35, repro (as "Design of Leaping Deer")

2024

  • "American Modernism. Borderlands: Expanded Visions of the Southwest," National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, May 15, 2024–January 10, 2025.

Bibliography

1973

  • Tanner, Clara Lee. Southwest Indian Painting, A Changing Art. Tucson: University of Arizona, 1973. (as Leaping Deer Design)

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. 199, no. 1341 (as Design of Leaping Deer).

Wikidata ID

Q64628547

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