Awa Tsireh (Alfonso Roybal)
Mountain Sheep

CultureSan Ildefonso
Titles
  • Mountain Sheep
Date1922
PlaceSan Ildefonso Pueblo, New Mexico, United States
MediumTempera on wove paper
Dimensions11 1/4 × 14 1/4 in. (28.6 × 36.2 cm)
Credit LineGift of Miss Ima Hogg
Object number44.346
Not on view

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ProvenanceThe artist; purchased by Miss Ima Hogg (1882–1975), Houston, by 1944; given to MFAH, 1944.
Exhibition History"The Modern West: American Landscapes, 1890 - 1950," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, October 29, 2006–January 28, 2007; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, California, March 4– June 3, 2007.

"The Rise of Modernism: Europe and America," The Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Oct. 28, 2020 – July 27, 2021. [Inaugural Installation: Kinder Building 207: No Catalog]

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