Dance at Cochiti Pueblo, New Mexico
Date1922
Artist
John Sloan
(American painter, etcher, and illustrator, 1871–1951)
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions22 1/4 x 30 1/4 in. (56.5 x 76.8 cm)
frame: 28 7/8 × 36 7/8 in. (73.3 × 93.7 cm)
frame: 28 7/8 × 36 7/8 in. (73.3 × 93.7 cm)
Credit LineGift of the John Sloan Memorial Foundation, 1997
Object number1997-43
On View
On viewClassificationsPAINTING
Label TextAs Sloan noted in his discussion of the painting in Gist of Art, "this ceremonial Corn Dance of the Cochiti Indians brings a large crowd to the Pueblo." By the 1920s, the locals and visiting Navajo horsemen (at right) were frequently joined by tourists (and artists) from the East Coast.
