- Artist:
- Chee, Robert
- Title:
- Fire dance
- Date Created:
- 1961
- Description:
- A painting on black mat board of four men dancing around a fire. Three of the men have their skin painted blue and are wearing only breechclout and a scarf tied over their heads. The fourth man is fully dressed in a shirt, trousers and moccasins. His exposed skin is also painted blue. The three men in breechclouts are dancing around the fire, while the fourth man is dancing toward the right. Eight Navajo women, wrapped in blankets as they watch the dance, are in the background.
- Subjects:
- Navajo (culture or style)
- Source:
- Zarrow Collection, Oklahoma State University Archives
- Source Identifier:
- jmz.76
- Size:
- image: 18 7/8 x 31 3/8 in.; framed: 23 1/8 x 34 1/8 in.
- Frame:
- Wood (plant material)
- Media:
- Gouache (paint)
- Signature:
- Robert Chee '61 (printed, lower right)
- Condition:
- undamaged; acidic mats; acid-free buffer
- Provenance:
- Purchased by Jack and Maxine Zarrow from the Art Market's "Sale of Important Art," Tulsa, OK, March 7-21, 1991. This painting is one of six purchased at this sale.
Source
- Preferred Citation:
- "Fire dance", The Maxine & Jack Zarrow Collection, Oklahoma State University Archives
- Reference Link:
- https://zarrow.library.okstate.edu/_site/items/jmz.76.html
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