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Painting of Navajo Couple in their Buckboard by Robert Chee - C3837G
Category: Paintings | Posted by | Thu, Oct 20th 2016, 10:53am
Robert Chee (1937-1971) Hashke-Yil-e-Cale has presented a nostalgic memory of the Navajo days of old when there were buckboards instead of pickup trucks. This is such a beautifully presented family portrait. The lines are simple but definitive in setting the scene. The clouds overhead and the dark sky set the scene for pending nightfall and the couple is quite likely returning to its hogan after visiting the trading post to possibly sell a Navajo rug or pawn some Navajo jewelry. The buttes framing the edges of the painting define the features of the Navajo Reservation. Snow on the buttes and ground reveal the cold winters experienced on the Reservation.