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Native
American Art
Nearly 75 percent of the Adkins Collection
was made by Native American artists. The collection is remarkable
for many things, but especially for the high quality of work across
diverse media. From paintings and works on paper, to sculpture,
pottery and a dazzling array of jewelry and silverwork, this collection
boasts extraordinary creations by many of the most significant Native
artists of the 20th century. Indeed, many pieces are accompanied
by ribbons awarded at juried competitions over the years. The majority
of the collection was created by Native artists from the Southwest,
including painters R.C. Gorman, Tonita Peña, Helen Hardin
and Dan Namingha as well as Oklahomans Woody Crumbo, Jerome Tiger
and T.C. Cannon. There also are sculptures by Allan Houser, Dick
West and Doug Hyde. The pottery features dozens of pieces by famed
San Ildefonso artist Maria Martinez and three generations of her
family. And the jewelry, which numbers over 1,600 pieces, features
work by innovators Charles Loloma, Kenneth Begay and Preston Monongye,
who are credited with revolutionizing Native silverwork in the 1960s
and ’70s. Taken together, the Adkins Collection offers many
highlights of both traditional and contemporary Native artistry
of the 20th century.
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