Comanche Dance
Velino Shije Herrera (Ma-Pe-Wi), Zia Pueblo / American, 1902 - 1973, Zia Pueblo (Tsia), Southwest
before 1930
Opaque and transparent watercolor over graphite on (Crescent) illustration board
Sheet: 9 7/8 × 14 15/16 in. (25.1 × 38 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College: Gift of Abby Aldrich Rockefeller
W.935.1.79
Geography/Culture
North America, United States
Period
20th century
Object Name
Watercolor
Classification
Native American
Watercolor
Native American: Southwest
Not on view
Inscription
Signed, lower right, in red ink: MA-PE-WI
Exhibition History
The Arts of Native America: Studio Painting, Dartmouth College Museum & Galleries, Lower Jewett Corridor, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, May 8-June 3, 1979.
Picturing Change: The Impact of Ledger Drawing on Native American Art, Alvin P. Gutman Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, December 11, 2004-May 15, 2005.
Gifts of Abby Aldrich Rockefeller, Carpenter Hall Galleries, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, June 11-July 11, 1976.
Exposition of Indian Tribal Arts, Inc., sponsored by College Art Association, New York, no. 162, toured the United States and Europe, 1931-1933.
Publication History
Catalogue: Exposition of Indian Tribal Arts, Inc., 578 Madison Avenue, New York, Endorsed and Circulated through the College Art Association, 1931, no. 162 (lent by Dr. Edgar L. Hewett).
Barbara J. MacAdam, Marks of Distinction, Two Hundred Years of American Drawings and Watercolors from the Hood Museum of Art, Manchester, Vermont: Hudson Hills Press, 2005, ill. p. 237.
Provenance
Dr. Edgar L. Hewett (1865-1946), Santa Fe, New Mexico, by 1931; Abby Aldrich Rockefeller (1874-1948); given to present collection, 1935.
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