Artist
Quincy Tahoma (Tohoma) (Navajo, 1921–1956)Navajo, 1921–1956
CultureNavajo
Titles
- Two Riders
Date1938
PlaceArizona, United States
MediumTempera on paper
DimensionsSheet: 21 1/2 × 22 9/16 in. (54.6 × 57.3 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Dr. and Mrs. James J. Butler
Object number99.72
Non exposé
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Department
Art of the Indigenous AmericasObject Type
Exhibition HistoryLos Angeles County Museum of Art, 3/1/1939.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscription: The painting is stamped twice in black, verso: "The Studio / U.S. Indian School / Santa Fe, New Mexico". The painting is inscribed in black, verso: "price $.10-- / Name--Quincy Tohoma / Home--Tabu City, Airzona (sic) / Tribe--Navajo".
There was a label taped to the verso of the frame (now in Registrar's files): "Quincy Tohoma / Tuba City, Arizona / NAVAJO / Exhibited Los Angeles Co. Museum, 3-1-39 / THE STUDIO / U.S. Indian School / Santa Fe, New Mexico".
There was a label taped to the verso of the frame (now in Registrar's files): "Quincy Tohoma / Tuba City, Arizona / NAVAJO / Exhibited Los Angeles Co. Museum, 3-1-39 / THE STUDIO / U.S. Indian School / Santa Fe, New Mexico".
The painting is signed and dated in blue, recto, lower right: "Tohoma / '38".
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