Drying Green Chili / Lorencita Bird Atencio

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Art Item Information

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Title(s):

Drying Green Chili

Creator(s):

Lorencita Bird Atencio (Artist)

Culture:

Native American; San Juan

Date:

1930

Materials/Techniques:

tempera on paper

Paper/Support:

Landscape; single-sided 0.395-0.405mm Cream colored, machine-made paper. Evenly distributed, densely packed fibers in transmitted light.

Classification:

Paintings

Object Type:

Tempera Painting

Credit Line:

Gift of the Thomas Gilcrease Foundation, 1955

Accession No:

02.181

Previous Number(s):

0237.181; 28686

Department:

Art

Not On View

Dimensions

Overall:

Height: 13 37/64in. (34.5cm)
Width: 15 23/64in. (39.0cm)

About the Creator(s)

From Gilcrease Museum:

Creator:

Lorencita Bird Atencio

Role(s):

Artist

From Getty's Union List of Artist Names:

Names (all):

Atencio, Lorencita Bird

Birth Date:

1916

Death Date:

1995

Nationalities:

Native American

Roles:

Native American painter, 1916-1995

Gender:

female

Marks and Inscriptions

Marks: Stamped in ink, "THE STUDIO U.S. INDIAN SCHOOL SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO" in lower right on verso

Inscriptions: Inscribed by hand in pencil, "Lorencita Atencio San Juan Pue Drieding [sic] Green Chili" in lower right on verso

Signed: Signed by hand in pencil, "Lorencita Atencio" in lower right on recto

Cite this Page

Atencio, Lorencita. Drying Green Chili. 02.181. 1930. Tulsa: Gilcrease Museum, https://collections.gilcrease.org/object/02181 (08/14/2017).

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