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- 5000-8000
Excerpted from exhibit brochure forward written by Alyssa Travis, Associate Curator of the Tucson Desert Art Museum.
"Besides a handful of outstanding contemporary weavings by master weavers Elsie Bia, Selena Yazzi, Cecelia Nes, and GHardy, the works in this collection were woven between the 1870s and 1940s. In many ways, these works were ahead of their time and resemble the works of color field painters, op artists, hard-edge painters, and to a lesser extent, the minimalists of the the mid-1900s. For instance, many of the pieces in this exhibition resemble color field paintings by artists like Kenneth Noland, Frank Stella, Mark Rothko, and Morris Louis. In these works, large areas of color become the subject of the work rather than any objective context. As another example, many of the exhibition's serapes and transitional blankets wit their Mexican Saltillo-style serrated diamonds and vibrant colored yarns create eye-popping effects worthy of the psychedelic-inspired 1960s Op Art movement."
Modern Art Navajo Textiles Exhibit 2017
Manta : Navajo Weaving : Elena Teller : Churro 349 : 47" x 55" (3'11" x 4'7")
Womans Manta
Manta : Navajo Weaving : Elena Teller : Churro 349 : 47" x 55" (3'11" x 4'7")
$ 8,000.00
Manta, women's Navajo wearing blanket by Elena Teller. This woman's manta was featured in the 2006 "The Next Phase : Navajo Weaving in the 21st Century from the Getzwiller Collection Exhibit at the Desert Caballeros Museum in Wickenburg. Woven with native Churro wool. Indigo blue, cochineal red, and for the aqua, overdyed Indigo Blue with Rabbi...
Saddle Blanket - Single Sunday Navajo Weaving : Historic : PC 119 : 25" x 25" : (2'1" x 2'1")
Saddle Blanket
Saddle Blanket - Single Sunday Navajo Weaving : Historic : PC 119 : 25" x 25" : (2'1" x 2'1")
$ 5,500.00
Fancy Single Navajo Saddle Blanket. Some saddle blankets were woven to be used only on special occasions. They were known as Sunday Saddle Blankets, and this one is extra fancy. Used for special occasions to throw over the saddle, not under it. The weaver of this one added a longer fringe/tassel up both sides to help protect it, and provide ...