Navajo Weavers
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transparent and opaque watercolor over graphite on yellow wove paper
Dimensions
image (irregular): 19.69 × 35.24 cm (7 3/4 × 13 7/8 in.) sheet: 28.89 × 45.88 cm (11 3/8 × 18 1/16 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Corcoran Collection (Gift of Amelia E. White)
Accession Number
2015.19.386
Art Historical Context
"Navajo Weavers," to Andrew Tsinajnie around 1935, captures the tradition of Navajo women at their looms in this delicate watercolor drawing. Created with transparent and opaque watercolors layered over a graphite underdrawing on warm yellow wove paper, irregular image measures about 7¾ × 13⅞ inches. Housed in the National Gallery of Art as part of the Corcor Collection (gift of collector Amelia E. White), exemplifies early 20th-century Native American art from the Southwest. This piece reflects the Navajo cultural heritage, where weaving is not just a craft but a vital expression of identity...