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Original Painting Entitled “Doe and Fawn” by Theodore Suina (Ku-Pe-Ru) - C3653C
Category: Paintings | Posted by | Mon, Jul 11th 2016, 5:33pm
In 1939, architect John Gaw Meem commissioned a number of Native artists to paint murals on a building he designed for the Maisel Company in Albuquerque. Popovi Da, Pablita Velarde and Pop Chalee painted northern Pueblo subjects, while Ben Quintana, Ku-Pe-Ru and Joe H. Herrera did Keres motifs. Other Indians painted subjects from their tribal affiliation. Ku-Pe-Ru painted a Corn Dancer. The building still exists in downtown Albuquerque and the murals are still visible and in excellent condition.