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[Chinle Boarding School student artwork archive].
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Title:
[Chinle Boarding School student artwork archive]Chinle trails
Creator/Contributor:
Chinle Boarding School, creator, creator.Abstract:
Collection of original artworks -- 14 drawings and 2 fabric collages -- by pupils of the Chinle Boarding School for Navajo
children in Chinle, Arizona. Drawings depict regional Arizona desert landscapes, including Monument Valley; horses; and traditional
Navajo structures. Collages perhaps depict Navajo mythological themes. Accompanying material includes 3 photographic prints
of students at Chinle and possibly the school's African American art teacher, Esdras Pryor; a copy of the 1964 issue of Chinle
Trails, the school's yearbook; and a sign from a 2018 exhibition describing the collection's provenance.
Date:
1965 (issued)Subject:
n-us-az -- n-us-ut -- n-ust--Landscapes -- Southwest, New -- Pictorial works
Landscapes in art -- Specimens
Navajo children
Navajo Indians -- Education
Landscapes
Landscapes in art
Navajo children
Navajo Indians -- Education
Monument Valley (Ariz. and Utah) -- Pictorial works
New Southwest
United States -- Monument Valley
Chinle Boarding School.
Chinle Boarding School.
Note:
Title devised by cataloger.
Created at Chinle Boarding School; exhibited in 1972 or 1973 at a Junior Indian Art Show at the Museum of Northern Arizona
(per text on some labels); some pieces later exhibited in 2018 at the Navajo Nation Museum (per bookseller's description).
All artists identified by exhibition labels.
Also includes accompanying materials (shelved in 2 --PIC folders): photographic prints and a publication.
Originally collected by Esdras Pryor, art instructor at Chinle Boarding School; later acquired by antiques dealer Ray Stevenson
of Shreveport, LA.
Purchase from Langdon Manor Books, LLC ; 2023.
Chinle Boarding School student artwork archive, BANC PIC 2023.037, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
Type:
graphicCollages.
Drawings.
Pictorial works.
Specimens.
Yearbooks.
Drawings.
Collages.
Yearbooks.
Physical Description:
drawing
16 pictures in 1 box : chiefly drawings on paper, most mounted and/or matted ; sheets 31 x 46 or smaller
Language:
English