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Christine McHorse, an Artist Whose Clay Works Pushed Against Conventions

https://americanart.si.edu/blog/christine-mchorse-navajo-artist

Remembering the Navajo artist whose clay works pushed against conventions over her fifty-year career

Anya on April 16, 2021

Lizard Pot

https://americanart.si.edu/artwork/lizard-pot-36251

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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Wolves Courting at Full Moon

https://americanart.si.edu/artwork/wolves-courting-full-moon-36252

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

Location:

1. Smithsonian American Art Museum
2. Luce Foundation Center
3. 3rd Floor
4. 28B

Crow Pot

https://americanart.si.edu/artwork/crow-pot-36250

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

Location:

1. Smithsonian American Art Museum
2. Luce Foundation Center
3. 3rd Floor
4. 28B

Christine McHorse

https://americanart.si.edu/artist/christine-mchorse-7467

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.

Fire, Cloud, Earth: Native Women Artists at SAAM

https://americanart.si.edu/blog/fire-cloud-earth-native-women-artists-saam

A closer look at three Native women artists in SAAM's collection

Karen on August 4, 2020

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