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Artist/Maker
Yel Ha Yah
(Diné (Navajo), 1926 – 2003)
Date1948
MediumOpaque watercolor on paper
DimensionsComposition: 6 × 8 in. (15.2 × 20.3 cm)
Sheet: 9 1/2 × 12 in. (24.1 × 30.5 cm)
Mat: 16 × 20 in. (40.6 × 50.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of William B. Leavenworth, Class of 1965
Object number1984.14
Not 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 orange watercolor: "Yel Ha Yah / 48"
Inscribed
Inscribed in pencil on verso at lower right: 1984.14
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