Navajo Woman Spinning Wool

c. 1935

Andrew Tsinajinnie

Associated Names
Andrew Tsinajinnie

Artist, Navajo, 1916 - 2000

The image depicts a person seated on the ground, with long hair styled traditionally. They wear an orange top, a red skirt, and turquoise bead accessories. The background is plain beige. The person is holding an object and there are various items on the ground next to them.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    transparent and opaque watercolor over graphite on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Gift of Amelia E. White)

  • Dimensions

    image (irregular): 13.97 × 13.65 cm (5 1/2 × 5 3/8 in.)
    sheet: 26.67 × 29.53 cm (10 1/2 × 11 5/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.19.388

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

1972

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

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. 1443.

Inscriptions

lower right in brown gouache: Andy Tsinajinnie

Markings

None.

Watermarks

None.

Wikidata ID

Q64535809

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