Tse-Ye-Mu (Romando Vigil)
The Eagle Dance

CultureSan Ildefonso
Titles
  • The Eagle Dance
Date1930–1940
PlaceSan Ildefonso Pueblo, New Mexico, United States
MediumGouache over graphite on wove paper
Dimensions12 × 9 1/2 in. (30.5 × 24.1 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Hally Bryan Perry
Object number41.15
Not on view

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ProvenanceThe artist; purchased by Hally Bryan Perry (1868–1955), Houston, c. 1930s–1941; given to MFAH, 1941.
Exhibition HistoryFriends of Houston Public Library, Houston TX Apr 7 - May 26 1972 (LN: 72.10)

Beaumont Art Museum, Beaumont TX, Sep 28 1972 (LN: 72.19)

Houston American Bicentential Committee, Jun 27 - Oct 12 1974. (LN: 74.11)
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Verso: Inscribed in blue pencil, top left corner: San Ildefonso

Verso: Inscribed in graphite, center: The Eagle Dance- / Tse Ye Mu of San Ildefonso- / Tse Ye Mu, ([indecipherable] of that Fall in [indecipherable]) / [indecipherable] at the govern- / ment Indian School at Santa Fe, and is / [indecipherable] in that type of painting. - / BP / 1932

Verso: Inscribed in graphite, bottom right corner: Tse-Ye-Mu of / San Ildefonso
Recto: Signed in red paint, below image, bottom right corner: Tse-Ye-Mu. [underlined]

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