Vicent Mirabal (Chiu-Tah)
Taos Indian War Dancer
1939
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Vicent Mirabal (Chiu-Tah)
Taos Indian War Dancer
1939
Physical Qualities
Opaque watercolor over graphite on paper, Sheet: 324 × 250 mm. (12 3/4 × 9 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Saidie A. May
Object Number
1941.378
BMA, "The Face of America: Modernist Art, 1910-1950," 9 October - 29 December 1996.
Easton, Academy of the Arts, "The Face of America: Modernist American Art 1910-1950," 12 September - 25 October 1997.
Easton, Academy of the Arts, "The Face of America: Modernist American Art 1910-1950," 12 September - 25 October 1997.
Inscribed: Face: lower center (in black ink): 'Chiu-tau'; verso: at center (in graphite): 'Taos Indian War Dancer II Vicenti Mirabel-Indian name (Chiu-tau) means 'Dancing Bird' II Taos Indian II Taos Pueblo, N. Mex. II Price-12.00'
Artist
Vicent Mirabal (Chiu-Tah)
1916–1944
(Taos Pueblo) b. 1918, Taos Pueblo, New Mexico, U.S.A.; d. circa 1944, Germany
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