Nousho Child
Agnes Tait, American, 1894 - 1981
about 1940
Lithograph on paper
Image: 9 3/8 × 11 7/16 in. (23.8 × 29 cm)
Sheet: 12 1/8 × 16 1/8 in. (30.8 × 40.9 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of David and Elizabeth Tunick
2005.31.17
Publisher
Associated American Artists, New York
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Research Area
On view
Inscriptions
Signed, in graphite, lower right: Agnes Tait, inscribed, in graphite, bottom right: 10/12 16/20 FOLDER FOLLOW UP A2629; inscribed, in graphite, bottom left corner: 6
Label
Agnes Tait, a non-Native American artist, beautifully captures a tender scene where a young girl cradles two lambs, one sucking the girl’s thumb as if she were its mother. Small, tumbleweed-like figures dance around her that could also resemble skirts, adding movement and playfulness to the image. Behind the girl, a woman helps a child out of a covered wagon, surrounded by faceless figures on horseback. The faceless figures seem to be closely watching the young girl, and there is some tension in their stare. Are these faceless figures staring at the young girl or at us, the viewers?
From the 2025 exhibition A Space for Dialogue 122, Weaving Ké, curated by Nizhonie Denetsosie-Gomez '25, Conroy Intern
Exhibition History
A Space for Dialogue 122, Weaving Ké, Nizhonie Denetsosie-Gomez '25, Conroy Intern, Alvin P. Gutman Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, July 25 - March 30, 2025.
Provenance
David and Elizabeth Tunick, New York; given to present collection, 2005.
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