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Artist/Maker
Yel Ha Yah
(Diné (Navajo), 1926 – 2003)
Date1948
MediumOpaque watercolor on paper
DimensionsComposition: 8 1/4 in. × 11 in. (21 × 27.9 cm)
Sheet: 10 in. × 12 3/4 in. (25.4 × 32.4 cm)
Mat: 16 × 20 in. (40.6 × 50.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of William B. Leavenworth, Class of 1965
Object number1984.15
On view
Collections
Additional Details
Exhibition History
2024-2025
Clinton, NY. The Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art, Hamilton College. "Menagerie: Animals in Art from the Wellin Museum," September 7, 2024 –June 8, 2025 (no cat.).
Clinton, NY. The Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art, Hamilton College. "Menagerie: Animals in Art from the Wellin Museum," September 7, 2024 –June 8, 2025 (no cat.).
Provenance
1984: Hamilton College (Fred L. Emerson Gallery), by gift of William B. Leavenworth.
Signature
Signed and dated in pencil at lower right: Yel Ha Yah/ "48"
Inscribed
Inscribed in pencil on verso at lower right: 1984.15
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