Squaw Dance—Navajo
Date1946
Artist
Ira Moskowitz
(American artist, 1912–2001)
MediumSingle-color lithograph
Dimensionscomposition: 11 13/16 × 14 9/16 in. (30 × 37 cm)
sheet: 12 5/8 × 17 7/8 in. (32.1 × 45.4 cm)
sheet: 12 5/8 × 17 7/8 in. (32.1 × 45.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of Helen Farr Sloan, 1978
Object number1978-195
On View
Not on viewClassificationsPRINT
Label TextMoskowitz and his wife Anna Barry began visiting New Mexico in the late 1930s, returning for extended periods until they settled there in 1944. While in New Mexico, Moskowitz became fascinated with the region's rich cultural heritage and made the local people his primary subject.