Carrier of the Sun (Design) / Elliot Suetopka

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Art Item Information

©Gilcrease Museum

Title(s):

Carrier of the Sun (Design)

Creator(s):

Elliot Suetopka (Artist)

Culture:

Native American; Hopi

Materials/Techniques:

watercolor on paper

Paper/Support:

Portrait; single-sided 0.182-0.192mm cream colored, machine made paper. Even distribution of fibers in transmitted light.

Classification:

Paintings

Object Type:

Watercolor Painting

Accession No:

02.1641

Previous Number(s):

0237.1641; 38311

Department:

Art

Not On View

Dimensions

Overall:

Height: 11 57/64in. (30.2cm)
Width: 8 13/16in. (22.4cm)

About the Creator(s)

From Gilcrease Museum:

Creator:

Elliot Suetopka

Role(s):

Artist

Marks and Inscriptions

Signed: Signed by hand in pencil, "Elliott Suetopka Age 11." in lower right on recto

Tags and Search Terms

Tags:

clouds, Eagle Feather, Feathers, geometric patterns, green, Indigenous paintings included in the Henry Luce Foundation 2020-2022 project, Items included in the Henry Luce Foundation 2020-2022 project, Native American, paintings, purple, rectangles, red, squares (geometric figures), sun, turquoise (color), yellow

Cite this Page

Suetopka, Elliot. Carrier of the Sun (Design). 02.1641. Tulsa: Gilcrease Museum, https://collections.gilcrease.org/object/021641 (02/14/2018).

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