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A Gerald Nailor, Sr. painting, 1943

24 April 2025, 11:00 PDT
Los Angeles

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Gerald Nailor, Sr.

Diné (Navajo), (1917-1952), Untitled (Navajo Harvest Ceremony with processing Yei Be Chai), 1943, gouache on paper, signed and dated lower right, inscribed verso: "Cover Design for 'The American Junior Red Cross News." October Issue by Gerald Nailor," unframed; areas of soiling to paper.
paper: height 11 1/4in, width 8in

Footnotes

The importance of corn in Diné life was a recurring subject in Nailor's art. See McLerran, Jennifer, "Dual Signification in Gerald Nailor's Navajo Nation Council Chamber Murals", American Indian Art Magazine, 2012, Volume 37, Number 4, pp.40–49.

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