- Artist:
- Tsihnahjinnie, Andy
- Title:
- Untitled (Silversmith)
- Description:
- A painting of a Navajo silversmith at work. He is turned to the right with his head facing the viewer. He is seated cross-legged on the ground as he hammers a piece of silver that is laying on an anvil. He has a band tied around his forehead and is wearing a blue shirt and tan pants. Silver concha belts, silver horse bridle parts and silver necklaces are hanging on a bush behind him. There are sandstone molds on the ground in front of him and to his right. A fireplace for heating the silver is in front of him. A bellows is lying on the ground by his right knee.
- Subjects:
- Navajo (culture or style)
- Source:
- Zarrow Collection, Oklahoma State University Archives
- Source Identifier:
- jmz.540
- Size:
- image: 12 x 10 1/8 in.; framed: 18 1/2 x 16 3/4 in.
- Frame:
- Wood (plant material); Gray (color); Dark brown
- Media:
- Watercolor (paint)
- Signature:
- Tsihnahjinnie with a drawing of a hogan (printed, lower right)
- Condition:
- smudging and staining near bottom; smudging by the silversmith's right eyebrow; cardboard backing
- Provenance:
- Purchased by Jack and Maxine Zarrow via mail bid at an R. G. Munn Auction, Albuquerque, NM, February 2, 2001. This painting was one of six purchased at this auction.
Source
- Preferred Citation:
- "Untitled (Silversmith)", The Maxine & Jack Zarrow Collection, Oklahoma State University Archives
- Reference Link:
- https://zarrow.library.okstate.edu/_site/items/jmz.540.html
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