MS 1974-40 Harrison Begay and Louis Naranjo paintings
name: label: Collector
content: Judd, Neil Merton, 1887-1976
label: Artist
content: Begay, Harrison
label: Artist
content: Naranjo, Louis
place: label: Place
content: North America
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: The collection was donated to the National Anthropological Archives by Neil Judd in 1974.
creator: label: Collector
content: Judd, Neil Merton, 1887-1976
label: Artist
content: Begay, Harrison
label: Artist
content: Naranjo, Louis
culture: label: Culture
content: Diné (Navajo)
label: Culture
content: Cochiti Pueblo
label: Culture
content: K'apovi (Santa Clara Pueblo)
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content: MS 1974-40 Harrison Begay and Louis Naranjo paintings
bioghist: label: Biographical Note
content: Louis Naranjo (1932-1997) was a Cochiti Pueblo artist best known for his figurative pottery.
label: Biographical Note
content: Harrison Begay, also known as Haashké yah Níyá (meaning "Warrior Who Walked Up to His Enemy") (1914 or 1917-2012) was a Diné (Navajo) painter, printmaker, and illustrator specializing in watercolors, gouache, and silkscreen prints.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 3 Paintings (visual works)
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1935
container: label: Container
content: Folder 1974-40
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.MS1974-40
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Graphic Materials
label: Type
content: Paintings (visual works)
label: Type
content: Paintings
label: Type
content: Works of art
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Paintings
label: Genre/Form
content: Works of art
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The collection consists of three (3) paintings collected by Neil Judd in the mid to late 1930s.  There are two paintings by Harrison Begay and one painting by Louis Naranjo.

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