Rooster Pull
Artist
Pablita Velarde
1918 Santa Clara Pueblo, New Mexico - 2006 Albuquerque, New Mexico
Date1953-55
Mediumgouache on paper
Dimensions22 × 32 1/8 × 1/16 in. (55.9 × 81.6 × 0.2 cm)
ClassificationsDrawings, Pastels & Watercolors
Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, museum purchase, 1985 General Obligation Bonds
Object numberPC1988.5.1
DescriptionA gouache painting depicting a scene in the center of a pueblo. In the center of the composition, a man riding a white horse leans down to grab the head of a black rooster, which is buried in a mound of earth. On either side of the rider is a line of men on horseback standing onlookers. In the background, more people watch the scene, leaning on the pueblo's adobe buildings, standing on the rooftops, and sitting on the ground. Purple mountains can be seen along the horizon, behind the pueblo.On View
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