Buffalo Deer and Antelope Dancers

Buffalo Deer and Antelope Dancers

20th century
Artist
Awa Tsireh (Alfonso Roybal), San Ildefonso, 2/1/1898-5/1955
Born: San Ildefonso pueblo
Culture
San Ildefonso
Country
United States
Object
painting
Medium
Watercolor on paper
Accession Number
1932.206
Credit Line
Gift of Anne Evans and Mary Kent Wallace

Awa Tsireh (Alfonso Roybal) (San Ildefonso), Buffalo Deer and Antelope Dancers, 20th century. Watercolor on paper; 14 x 28.5 in. Denver Art Museum: Gift of Anne Evans and Mary Kent Wallace. 

Dimensions
height: 14 1/8 in, 35.8775 cm; width: 29 3/4 in, 75.565 cm; mat height: 26 1/4 in, 66.675 cm; mat width: 34 1/8 in, 86.6775 cm
Inscription
BRC, signed in black ink: "Awa-tsireh" Verso along LE in pencil: "XXX AWA TSIREH // DEER and Buffalo Dance" Verso along TLC in pencil: "PI-49-G" Verso along TR edge, pencil: illegible cursive inscription
Department
Native Arts
Collection
Indigenous Arts of North America
Known Provenance
Gifted 1932 by Anne Evans and Mary Kent Wallace to the Denver Art Museum