Popsthlee from Taos Pueblo (from the The HGB Memorial Portfolios)
Artist
Helen Greene Blumenschein
(American, 1909 - 1989)
Date1950-1989 (printed October, November 1994)
Mediumlinocut
DimensionsImage: 5 3/16 × 4 in. (13.2 × 10.2 cm)
Support: 10 1/4 × 8 1/16 in. (26 × 20.5 cm)
Support: 10 1/4 × 8 1/16 in. (26 × 20.5 cm)
ClassificationsGraphic
Credit LineMuseum purchase, 1994
Object number1994.77.19
DescriptionAn image of an interior scene with an Indian woman standing by a fireplace, she wears a long robe with a head covering. There are numerous objects on the mantle, a shelf above the kiva and pictures on the wall.eMuseum Notes
"Popsthlee" was Elisa Romero who became cook and housekeeper for the Blumenschein family and a good friend of Helen's. Here she is feeding the fire in the dining room of the family home."
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