Kachina, 1934
Kachina, 1934
Charcoal on paper, 23 5/8 x 19 inches
Georgia O'Keeffe Museum
Gift of The Georgia O'Keeffe Foundation to honor the opening of the Georgia O'Keeffe Museum
1997.12.2
Artist: Georgia O'Keeffe
In the Hopi culture, the term Katsina (Katsinam, plural), also Kachina, is only used in reference to spirit beings. The Hopi term for the carved wooden figures that represent the Katsinam is Katsina tihu (tithu, plural). Georgia O'Keeffe created paintings of Hopi katsina dolls (tithu) between 1931 and 1942. These religious figures were highly visible and available to non-Hopi and non-Pueblo people during this time, but the museum has no record regarding why she painted or drew these figures nor where she saw them. ^ ^Charcoal drawing of a standing Kachina doll viewed from the back, centered on the page. Distinguishing features are two dark fan shapes on either side of the head, with grey feathers. Back is mostly white with geometric pattern along the lower edge just above the legs.
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Catalogue Raisonné Number
824
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WATERMARK: Blind stamp at corner, STRATHMORE with thistleProvenance
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, N.Y., given anonymously (exchange), 1936 The artist, exchange, 1972 Estate of the artist, 1986 The Georgia O'Keeffe Foundation, Abiquiu, N.Mex., 1993Exhibition History
1935 New York (An American Place), nos. 21 or 22, as Cochina [sic] of the Eagle Dance1936 New York (MOMA--New), no. 93
1936 Zanesville
1951 New York (MOMA--45 Drawings)
1959 New York (MOMA--Made in US)
1997 Santa Fe (O'Keeffe) Inaugural
2001 Santa Fe (O'Keeffe) O'Keeffe's O'Keeffes
2003 Santa Fe (O'Keeffe) Permanent Collection (Stieglitz / Frames of Preference)
2004 Santa Fe (O'Keeffe) Permanent Collection (Frames of Preference / Maria Chabot / Sense of Place)
2004 Santa Fe (O'Keeffe) Permanent Collection (In the American Grain)
2005 Santa Fe (O'Keeffe) Permanent Collection (Photography of Charles Sheeler)
2007 Santa Fe (O'Keeffe) Permanent Collection (Living Artists: Sherrie Levine)
2013 Santa Fe (O'Keeffe) Katsina; all venues
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