Turkey
Artist/Culture
Awa Tsireh
(Native American, 1898–1955)
Date1925-1932
Mediumopaque watercolor and black ink on medium thick, smooth, tan wove paper
Dimensions27.8 x 35.6 cm (10 15/16 x 14 in.)
ClassificationsWatercolors
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number1935.101
Label TextAlso known by his Spanish name Alfonso Roybal, Tsireh was among the first San Ildefonso Pueblo artists to receive national critical acclaim. His earlier years decorating pottery clearly informed his later painting style. Characterized by their interplay between static and dynamic geometric forms and an open, flat background, Tsireh’s watercolors drew upon established Pueblo iconography. However, he and others in the San Ildefonso artist collective also invented new motifs shaped by the intersection of Native American and Anglo- American cultural, as well as economic and political, forces.ProvenanceMiss Emily M. Hayes, Worcester, MAOn View
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