Hopi Women Carrying Water Vessels

c. 1920

Fred Kabotie

Associated Names
Fred Kabotie
Artist, Hopi, 1900 - 1986
The artwork depicts three Hopi women in traditional attire, each carrying a water vessel on their head. All three women are shown in full length and are standing upright. They have similar facial features and long dark hair, partially covered by red shawls. Their clothing consists of black dresses with intricate designs, white aprons, and white leggings with black shoes. Each woman wears a red shawl with different patterns, draped over their shoulders. The water vessels on their heads are decorated with geometric patterns. The background is plain and neutral.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    transparent and opaque watercolor with brush and black ink over graphite on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Gift of Amelia E. White, 1937)

  • Dimensions

    image (irregular): 19.05 × 19.37 cm (7 1/2 × 7 5/8 in.)
    sheet: 28.58 × 36.2 cm (11 1/4 × 14 1/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.19.390

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

1977

  • Fred Kabotie—Hopi Artist, Museum of Northern Arizona, Flagstaff; Heard Museum, Phoenix, Arizona; Museum of Fine Arts, Santa Fe, New Mexico; Museum of Natural History, Cleveland, Ohio, 1977-1978

1980

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

2024

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

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. 194, no. 1313.

Inscriptions

lower right in black gouache: Fred Kabotie; lower left in graphite by uknown hand: EYB [erased]; upper right verso in graphite by unknown hand: 346 [upsdie down]; left center verso in graphite by unknown hand: 98442-3 [not deciphered]

Wikidata ID

Q64570654

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