Tom Po Qui (Water of Antelope Lake/Indian Girl/Ramoncita)
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Robert Henri, Tom Po Qui (Water of Antelope Lake/Indian Girl/Ramoncita), 1914. Oil on canvas; 40 ½ x 32 ½ in. William Sr. and Dorothy Harmsen Collection at the Denver Art Museum, 2001.461.
After growing up in Cozad, Nebraska, and Denver, Henri eventually moved to New York City where he became a painter and arts educator. In 1913, he traveled to southern California where he met the Tewa artist Tom Po Qui who was visiting from P'ohwhóge Owingeh (San Ildefonso Pueblo). With quick, gestural brushstrokes, Henri depicts her colorful clothing, forthright gaze, and glints of light on her silver squash blossom necklace.
Robert Henri, quien creció en Cozad, Nebraska, y en Denver, se radicó más tarde en Nueva York, donde fue pintor y profesor de arte. En 1913, viajó al sur de California y allí conoció a la artista tewa Tom Po Qui, que había ido de visita desde P’ohwhóge Owingeh (Pueblo San Ildefonso). Con pinceladas rápidas y gestuales, Henri capta el colorido atuendo de la joven, su mirada directa y los destellos de luz sobre su collar de plata con diseños de flor de calabaza.
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