Pueblo Dancer

c. 1917-1920

Awa Tsireh

Associated Names
Awa Tsireh

Artist, San Ildefonso Pueblo, 1898 - 1955

The image shows a person in profile, holding a gourd rattle in their right hand. They have distinct facial features and a bob hairstyle with feather decorations. The individual wears an ochre top with green accents, a light blue band on the arm, a white skirt with black trim over leggings, and white moccasins with orange designs. They have a red necklace and the background is plain. The artwork is signed "Awatsireh" in the bottom right corner, and the number "37.62" is written in red at the bottom left.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gouache and graphite on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Gift of Amelia E. White)

  • Dimensions

    image (irregular): 15.88 × 5.72 cm (6 1/4 × 2 1/4 in.)
    sheet: 22.86 × 15.08 cm (9 × 5 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.143.51

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

1931

  • The Exposition of Tribal Indian Arts, Grand Central Art Galleries, New York, 1931

1972

  • Arts of the American Indian, Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, California, 1972

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. 187, no. 1265.

Inscriptions

lower right in black gouache: AwaTsireh; upper left verso in graphite by unknown hand: $12; upper right verso in graphite by unknown hand: no 3; center verso in graphite by unknown hand: 11421-3mat

Wikidata ID

Q64537080

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