Object Details
- Artist
- Kenneth M. Adams, born Topeka, KS 1897-died Albuquerque, NM 1966
- Luce Center Label
- Kenneth Adams painted his portraits of Pueblo Indians from life. In Taos Indian Woman, his sitter stares off into space, as if her mind wandered far from the studio. Adams draped her in a Pendleton blanket that many viewers might have mistaken for an authentic Indian textile. These blankets copied Native American designs, and Pendleton Mills shipped them from Oregon to the Southwest to be exchanged for wool, silver jewelry, and other handcrafted items. American Indians wove fewer textiles as they acquired more Pendleton blankets through trading, and unsuspecting East Coast tourists collected the blankets as souvenirs of the Wild West.
- Credit Line
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Arvin Gottlieb
- ca. 1920-1930
- Object number
- 1993.48.1
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- Painting
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 25 5/8 x 21 3/8 in. (65.1 x 54.3 cm.)
- See more items in
- Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection
- Department
- Painting and Sculpture
- On View
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Luce Foundation Center, 4th Floor, 32B
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Luce Foundation Center
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Luce Foundation Center, 4th Floor
- Smithsonian American Art Museum
- Topic
- Figure female\waist length
- Indian\Taos Pueblo
- Record ID
- saam_1993.48.1
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk710171de4-ce7c-4b57-baf0-3bd23bc0aa47
