Navajo Family

F. Luis Mora

ca. 1928 · Graphite on wove paper · The American Wing

Mora, who studied in Boston and New York and worked throughout the United States, depicted American Indians at various points in his career. This sensitive portrayal of a Navajo family was inspired by Mora’s travels in the American Southwest in 1928, just four years after all American Indians were granted United States citizenship. Mora used this drawing as a study for two paintings, one of which he subtitled "The Aristocrats, Navajo Gentry" (whereabouts unknown). He also produced a print derived from this image.

Artist

F. Luis Mora

Date

ca. 1928

Medium

Graphite on wove paper

Culture

American

Department

The American Wing

Credit line

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Walter C. Crawford, 1979