Quincy Tahoma (Tohoma)
Two Riders

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Artist Quincy Tahoma (Tohoma) 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

Not on view

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Department

Art of the Indigenous Americas

Object Type

DRAWINGS, PASTELS & WATERCOLORS

ProvenanceThe artist; Department of Painting and Design at the Santa Fe Indian School; purchase by [Dewey Galleries, Santa Fe, by 1999]; purchased by MFAH, 1999.
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".

The painting is signed and dated in blue, recto, lower right: "Tohoma / '38".

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