Navajo Women Grinding Corn

c. 1935

attributed to Andrew Tsinajinnie

Associated Names
Andrew Tsinajinnie

Artist, Navajo, 1916 - 2000

The image shows four people. Three individuals are shown nearly in full body, leaning forward on one knee towards three grey, rounded rectangular containers filled with yellow material. They wear distinct clothing and accessories. The fourth person is seated cross-legged, holding a small yellow cob with green leaves, next to a shallow brown open container filled with a yellow material. The background is a plain, unadorned light beige surface.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gouache over graphite on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Gift of Amelia E. White)

  • Dimensions

    image (irregular): 16.51 × 39.69 cm (6 1/2 × 15 5/8 in.)
    sheet: 30.48 × 48.26 cm (12 × 19 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.19.393

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

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. 1444.

Wikidata ID

Q64536767

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