Artwork Details
11-1/2 x 8-3/4 in. (sheet)
Mark DescriptionSigned in ink lower right: JH HERRERA / SEE - RU
Accession NumberGift of Mrs. E. Vernon Hahn
CopyrightPrints, Drawings, and Photographs
Color PaletteMrs. E. Vernon Hahn [Janet U. Hahn 1903-1985], Indianapolis, Indiana; given to the John Herron Art Institute, now the Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields, Indianapolis, Indiana, in 1961.
Herrera was born at Cochiti Pueblo, the son of the Pueblo governor. His mother, Tonita Pena, was a pioneering woman Native American painter and she was her son’s first teacher and mentor.
At the Indian School in Santa Fe Herrera painted murals and thereafter continued to paint though he earned his livelihood by farming and auto mechanics.
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