Awa Tsireh (Alfonso Roybal)
Mythical Bird

CultureSan Ildefonso
Titles
  • Mythical Bird
Date1920–1929
PlaceSan Ildefonso Pueblo, New Mexico, United States
MediumGouache and watercolor over graphite on wove paper
Dimensions8 × 10 1/2 in.

Credit LineGift of Miss Ima Hogg
Object number44.344
Not on view

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ProvenanceThe artist; purchased by Miss Ima Hogg (1882–1975), Houston, by 1944; given to MFAH, 1944.
Exhibition HistoryFriends of the Houston Public Library, April 7–May 20, 1972.

Beaumont Art Museum, Texas, September 28, 1972.

"Miss Ima Hogg & Modernism," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, July 27–November 3, 2019.

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