Property from the Collection of Leslie and Peter Warwick, Middletown, New Jersey
Yeibeichi Weaving with Pictorial Elements
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January 25, 08:17 PM GMT
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5,000 - 7,000 USD
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Description
length 71 ⅜ in. by width 52 ½ in.
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Given to Martha Graham (1894–1991) and Louis Horst (1884-1964) by the Diné in New Mexico in the summer of 1930. Martha Graham incorporated elements of the Native American dances into her choreography for Primitive Mysteries, her first masterpiece, created in 1931;
Muriel Stuart Warwick (1900-1991), New York.
Remi Spriggs, “Living with antiques: An Americana collection in New Jersey,” Magazine Antiques (April 2005), 94-105;
Rebecca and Jean-Paul Valette, Navajo Weavings with Ceremonial Themes: A Historical Overview of a Secular Art Form, (Altgen, PA: Schiffer Publishing, 2017) p. 217, fig. 5.6.2.;
Leslie and Peter Warwick, Love At First Sight: Discovering Stories About Folk Art & Antiques Collected by Two Generations & Three Families, (New Jersey: 2022), p. 3, fig. 1.
