Grace Hudson Carpenter "A Pomo Dancer" Kai -Si-Wa - SOLD
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1896
Oil on canvas laid to board
Signed G. Hudson lower left and dated, numbered and inscribed #64/1896 Rosa (on reverse)
Width 18" Height 24"
Width 24" Height 30" including frame
Provenance: Fenn Galleries, Santa Fe, NM
Bonhams, Los Angeles November 24 2014 lot 74
Private collection, Honolulu, Hawaii
Exhibition: California State Fair, Sacramento, 1896
Denver Exposition, 1896
Publication: The Painter Lady: Grace Hudson Carpenter, Eureka 1978 p. 159, no. 64
In this important and seminal work, Kai -Si - Wa (Mountain Robin) dons the headdress worn by the Pomo women during the Spring Clover and Acorn festivals. The dancers shifted their weight from one foot to the other resulting in the mesmerizing movement of feathers and beads.