Navajo Weavers

c. 1935

attributed to Andrew Tsinajinnie

Associated Names
Andrew Tsinajinnie

Artist, Navajo, 1916 - 2000

The image shows three figures engaged in weaving activities. The first person, on the left, is weaving on a loom. They wear a green top and reddish-brown pants. In the middle, a second person is seated, holding a tool. The third person on the right wears an orange top and black pants, sitting near a spinning object.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    transparent and opaque watercolor over graphite on yellow wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Gift of Amelia E. White)

  • Dimensions

    image (irregular): 19.69 × 35.24 cm (7 3/4 × 13 7/8 in.)
    sheet: 28.89 × 45.88 cm (11 3/8 × 18 1/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.19.386

More About this Artwork

This is a black-and-white photograph of a rocky landscape with a patch of scrubland stretching out into the distance. Closest to us, on the left side, a tall rocky mountain rises up. Standing on the rocks is a woman with her back to us. She has long, dark, straight hair that falls down her back, and she is wearing a dark, long-sleeved shirt and a wide white skirt. In her left hand, she appears to hold a rope, or perhaps her hand is tangled in her long hair. In her right hand, she holds a large square object with a handle that looks like a radio or similar device. She stands behind tall, dark gray leafy plants. On the right, the background reveals a vast open terrain dotted with small shrubs under a light gray sky.

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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

1980

  • Symbols and Scenes: Art By and About American Indians, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1980

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. 215, no. 1442.

Watermarks

[partial] E A. LIETZ CO. / NO. 1081 / MOHAVE, / LE

Wikidata ID

Q64536766

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