Long-Haired Kachinas

1930s

Patricio Toya

Artist/author, Jemez Pueblo, 1906 - 1993

Medium

watercolor and gouache over graphite on wove paper mounted to board
Credit Line

Corcoran Collection (Gift of Amelia E. White)
Dimensions

sheet: 37.15 × 57.47 cm (14 5/8 × 22 5/8 in.)
board: 40.64 × 62.23 cm (16 × 24 1/2 in.)
Accession

2015.19.383

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Amelia Elizabeth White, Santa Fe, NM; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1937; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1931

The Exposition of Tribal Indian Arts, Grand Central Art Galleries, New York, 1931, no. 195

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. 195, no. 1318.

Inscriptions

lower right in graphite: Patricio Toya; lower left edge in graphite by unknown hand: RYB; lower right edge in graphite by unknown hand: #2

Wikidata ID

Q64618833