The Deer Symbol / Anita Martinez

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Art Item Information

©Gilcrease Museum

Title(s):

The Deer Symbol

Creator(s):

Anita Martinez (Artist)

Culture:

Native American; San Ildefonso Pueblo

Date:

1946

Materials/Techniques:

tempera on paper

Paper/Support:

Landscape; single-sided 0.306-0.316mm white colored, textured, cold pressed paper. Even distribution of fibers in transmitted light.

Classification:

Paintings

Object Type:

Tempera Painting

Credit Line:

Gift of the Thomas Gilcrease Foundation, 1955

Accession No:

02.113

Previous Number(s):

0237.113; 26025

Department:

Art

Not On View

Dimensions

Overall:

Height: 10 55/64in. (27.6cm)
Width: 15 5/32in. (38.5cm)

Image:

Height: 9 29/64in. (24.0cm)
Width: 14 11/64in. (36.0cm)

Mat:

Height: 13 25/32in. (35.0cm)
Width: 17 23/32in. (45.0cm)

About the Creator(s)

From Gilcrease Museum:

Creator:

Anita Martinez

Role(s):

Artist

Marks and Inscriptions

Signed: Signed by hand in ink, "Anita Martinez 6/3/46" in lower right on recto

Tags and Search Terms

Tags:

Animals, blue, brown, Buffalo, circles (plane figures), deer, Doe, geometric patterns, hooves, horns, Indigenous paintings included in the Henry Luce Foundation 2020-2022 project, Items included in the Henry Luce Foundation 2020-2022 project, looking up, orange, symbols, yellow

Cite this Page

Martinez, Anita. The Deer Symbol. 02.113. 1946. Tulsa: Gilcrease Museum, https://collections.gilcrease.org/object/02113 (02/19/2019).

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