Untitled (Rain Priest)

Artist Gene Kloss 1903 Oakland, California - 1996 Taos, New Mexico

Date1936

Mediumoil on canvas

Dimensionssight: 35 1/2 × 47 1/2 in. (90.2 × 120.7 cm)
frame: 39 3/4 × 51 1/2 × 1 1/4 in. (101 × 130.8 × 3.2 cm)

ClassificationsPainting

Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, on loan from The Veterans Administration Medical Center

Object numberIL1998.186.2

DescriptionA Native American wrapped in a white shawl stands in the center and two people kneel on either side of him, one with a piece of pottery and one tending to a corn stalk. In the background is the moon in a purple sky over a pueblo and snow covered mountain

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