Title Unknown (Red and Blue Bird-Face)
Artist
Al Momaday
(born 1913 Mountain View, Oklahoma - 1981 Jemez Springs, New Mexico)
Date1913-81
Mediumgouache on paper
Dimensionsframe: 33 1/2 × 26 1/2 × 1 3/4 in. (85.1 × 67.3 × 4.4 cm)
ClassificationsDrawings, Pastels & Watercolors
Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, gift of Cate Stetson
Object numberPC2022.57.5
DescriptionA gouache painting on paper. In the top left corner of the image, the head of a bird is painted in thin white lines. The bird is located over a large organic shape composed of thick, curved, blue and red stripes, which extends down the image. Four blue and red feathers line the bottom left edge of the shape. A face in profile with closed eyes is located in the bottom right of the image, facing out from the organic shape. The background is black with swirls of white and gray paint, and a thin white circle is visible in the center of the composition.On View
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