Oqwa Pi (Abel Sánchez)
Portrait of a Man

ArtistSan Ildefonso Pueblo, 1899–1971
CultureSan Ildefonso
Titles
  • Portrait of a Man
Date1920–1935
PlaceSan Ildefonso Pueblo, New Mexico, United States
MediumTempera on yellow posterboard, formerly glued on tan paper mount
Dimensionsmount: 10 × 8 1/16 in.
image: 6 × 5 in.

Credit LineGift of Miss Ima Hogg
Object number44.278
Not on view

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ProvenanceThe artist; purchased by Miss Ima Hogg (1882–1975), Houston, by 1944; given to MFAH, 1944.
Exhibition HistoryMuseum of New Mexico, Santa Fe, MN, 1955.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Verso: Inscribed in graphite, top left corner: San Ildefonso $1.25
Recto: Signed on posterboard in graphite, lower right: Oqwa Pi

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