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Winter Solstice Dance
Winter Solstice Dance
Winter Solstice Dance

Winter Solstice Dance

Artist (American, 1903 - 1996)
Date1962
Mediumetching and drypoint
DimensionsSupport: 14 × 20 in. (35.6 × 50.8 cm)
ClassificationsGraphic
Credit LineGift of Kevin Rowe and Irene Vlitos Rowe, 2016
Object number2016.25
DescriptionThis print depicts a New Mexico Santo Domingo Pueblo scene, of indigenous people gathered on Christmas Day, for a traditional ceremonial Winter Solstice dance. The foreground and middle ground are crowded with figures in black and grey shirts with their backs turned the viewer. The is a diagonal column of dancers proceeding from the right corner into the background. On the left a large piece of adobe architecture is situated indeed shadow, with figures on top. On the right and into the center background and there is an adobe structure with a portal full of onlookers. In the center background a large kiva in is bright light with a ladder protruding from the top.
eMuseum Notes
A pueblo gathering of indigenous peoples for a Winter Solstice dance ceremony, on Christmas Day in Santo Domingo Pueblo.  Drypoint is a printmaking process of the intaglio family, in which the image is cut into the plate. Drypoint is often favored by artists who use detailed drawing techniques in their work.
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Terms
  • Pueblo
  • dance grounds
  • dancers
  • Christmas
  • winter
  • adobe
  • architecture
  • kivas
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