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Navajo Looking for Lost Horse
Harrison Begay1940/1990
National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum
Oklahoma City, United States
In this work, Harrison Begay—one of the most celebrated Navajo painters of the 20th century—depicts a horseman riding through Monument Valley in search of strayed animals. Rendered in Begay’s distinctive flat, precise style, the painting blends everyday Navajo life with a sense of harmony between people, animals, and the Southwestern landscape.
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Details
- Title: Navajo Looking for Lost Horse
- Creator: Harrison Begay
- Date Created: 1940/1990
- Physical Location: National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum, Oklahoma City, OK
- Location Created: Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States
- Physical Dimensions: 16 x 17 inches
- Type: Painting
- Rights: The Arthur and Shifra Silberman Collection, 1996.27.197
- Medium: Watercolor on paper
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