Dragonfly Alter
Artist
Douglas Walter Johnson
(American, born 1946)
Date1991
MediumGouache on paper
DimensionsImage: 10 1/2 x 10 in. (26.7 x 25.4 cm)
Support: 11 1/4 x 11 in. (28.6 x 27.9 cm)
Mat: 17 x 16 in. (43.2 x 40.6 cm)
Support: 11 1/4 x 11 in. (28.6 x 27.9 cm)
Mat: 17 x 16 in. (43.2 x 40.6 cm)
ClassificationsPainting
Credit LineGift of Robert L. Love in memory of Minerva and Joseph Love, The Robert L. Love Collection, 1999
Object number1999.57.22
DescriptionUsing native symbols, motifs and geometric designs, the image isfilled with a central mandala which transforms into an alter onwhich children climb, within the mandala's center whirl planets,this motif is flanked by large eagle heads.On View
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