Untitled (Rain Priest)

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

Date1936

Mediumoil on canvas

Dimensions36 x 48 in. (91.4 x 121.9 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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