Eagle Kachina Dancer

Eagle Kachina Dancer

1939
Artist
Charles Loloma, Hopi, American, 7 Jan 1921- 9 June 1991
Born: Hotevilla, AZ
Work Locations: Santa Fe, NM, Hotevilla, AZ
Culture
Hopi
Object
mural
Medium
oil paint on canvas
Accession Number
1953.1004
Credit Line
Gift of Indian Arts & Crafts Board
Charles Loloma (Hopi, American). Eagle Kachina Dancer. 1939. oil paint on canvas. Gift of Indian Arts & Crafts Board. 1953.1004.
Dimensions
height,large: 14 ft, 4.2672 m; width,large: 7 ft, 2.1336 m; image height: 114 in, 289.5600 cm
Inscription
"Eagle Kachina Dancer"
Department
Native Arts
Collection
Indigenous Arts of North America
This object is currently on view
Charles Loloma earned widespread popular acclaim for pushing the boundaries of jewelry making. However, few people know that he began his career as a painter, when Frederic Douglas, curator at the Denver Art Museum, commissioned him to create a series of murals for the San Francisco World’s Fair in 1939. This mural shows his exceptional painting technique at the young age of eighteen.
Known Provenance
Charles Loloma (Hopi), along with two other artists Jose Duran (Tesuque) and Ignacio Moquino (Tsia), commissioned by the Gallery of the Pueblo Cornplanter to create at the San Francisco World's Fair, Indian Exhibit, in 1939. Indian Arts & Crafts Board, New Int. Building, Washington, DC, before 1953; Denver Art Museum, 1953.

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