Parrots Prayer Song

1989

Linda Lomahaftewa

Associated Names
Linda Lomahaftewa

Artist, Hopi/Choctaw, born 1947

Robert Franklin

Printer, American, born 1930

This print features an abstract scene with colorful shapes. In the bottom right corner, the torso and head of a human figure are seen in profile. The figure has a straight nose, a square chin, and long, dark hair. Their eye is indicated by a straight black line, and they have two long oval shapes coming from the top of their head. Their skin is colored in spots of bright pink, yellow, green, and blue that appear through streaks of gray. Their clothes are painted with dashes of the same bright colors. Extending diagonally from the human figure's forehead up to the top right corner is a zigzagging line in pink, white, and blue that ends in a cross shape. Down by the figure's nose there's a small blue shape that looks like the top and sides of a plus sign. On the figure's left and above their head are two bright pink and yellow parrots in flight. The background is a gradient, starting dark blue at the top of the print and fading to white at the bottom. On the left side, there is a thin white crescent.

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Brandywine Workshop and Archives, Philadelphia; gifted to the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2023.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2023

  • The Land Carries Our Ancestors: Contemporary Art by Native Americans, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC; New Britain Museum of American Art, 2023-2024, no cat. number, repro.

Bibliography

2023

  • Smith, Jaune Quick-to-See, Ahtone, Heather, and Condill, Shana Bushyhead.This Land Carries Our Ancestors: Contemporary Art by Native Americans. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington; New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain, 2023-2024: 94-95.

Inscriptions

"LINDA LOMAHAFTEWA" lower right margin, graphite. "PARROTS PRAYER SONG 1989" lower left margin, graphite, artist's hand.


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