Christine McHorse
born Morenci, AZ 1948-died Santa Fe, NM 2021
McHorse's work has an elegance and sophistication that defy stereotypes about folk art and traditional Native American art.
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Christine McHorse, an Artist Whose Clay Works Pushed Against Conventions
Remembering the Navajo artist whose clay works pushed against conventions over her fifty-year career
Wolves Courting at Full Moon
Christine McHorse, 1988, fired micaceous clay with piñon pitch, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Chuck and Jan Rosenak and museum purchase made possible by Ralph Cross Johnson, 1997.124.161
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Lizard Pot
Christine McHorse, ca. 1990, pit-fired micaceous clay with piñon pitch, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Chuck and Jan Rosenak and museum purchase made possible by Ralph Cross Johnson, 1997.124.160
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Crow Pot
Christine McHorse, 1991, kiln-fired and pit-fired micaceous clay with pinon pitch, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Chuck and Jan Rosenak and museum purchase made possible by Mrs. Gibson Fahnestock, 1997.124.159
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Fire, Cloud, Earth: Native Women Artists at SAAM
A closer look at three Native women artists in SAAM's collectionFolk & Self-Taught Art Stops | Luce Center Audio Tour
Professionally-narrated audio tour stops about folk and self-taught art, in the Luce Foundation Center of the Smithsonian American Art Museum.Need more ways to search artworks?
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