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Original Painting of Pueblo Dance Scene by Tonita Vigil Peña - 25366
Category: Paintings | Posted by | Tue, Aug 9th 2016, 1:32pm
This original painting by Tonita Peña (Quah Ah) of San Ildefonso Pueblo was probably painted in the 1920s as determined by the style of the signature. Over her career, Tonita used a variety of signatures on her paintings. (A complete description of the signatures and corresponding dates used may be seen in the biographical information provided by clicking on her name just below the above picture.)
The image depicts a pueblo ceremonial dance in the traditional style with no ground plane and no background. In her paintings of dancers such as this she was able to make her dancers appear in motion rather than fixed in time. Take note of the raised feet of the two male figures and the slightly raised right foot of the female dancer.