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. 

frame height: 51.5 in, 130.81 cm; frame width: 43.75 in, 111.125 cm; frame depth: 3 in, 7.62 cm; image height: 40 1/2 in, 102.8700 cm; image width: 32 1/2 in, 82.5500 cm

Signed at lower left.

Petrie Institute of Western American Art

Petrie Institute of Western American Art

This object is currently on view

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.

 

William Sr. and Dorothy Harmsen, Golden, CO; Gifted to the Denver Art Museum, 2001.

• MacBeth Gallery, “Recent Paintings by Robert Henri.” 11/17/1914-12/7/1914. New York City.
• 1915 Modern Art Exhibition, Panama-California Exposition, San Diego, CA, 1/1/1915-1/1/1917
• "Robert Henri's California: Realism, Race, and Region, 1914-1925"—San Jose Museum of Art, 9/18/2014 - 1/18/2015
• Laguna Art Museum, 2/22/2015 - 5/31/2015
• "BackStory: Western American Art in Context"—History Colorado, 3/18/2017 - 2/11/2018