A Quincy Tahoma painting, "Navajo Riders Going to Gallup Ceremonial,"...

Quincy Tahoma
Diné (Navajo), (c.1920-1956), "Navajo Riders Going to Gallup Ceremonial," 1942, gouache on paper framed under glass, signed and dated lower right: Tahoma, titled and signed again verso.
sight: height 18 1/2in, width 13 7/8in
The present lot was executed in the period when Quincy Tahoma's style was transitioning from the decorative illustrations seen while a student at the Santa Fe Indian School to more narrative work. For a comprehensive overview of the artist, see Badertscher, Vera Marie and Havens, Charnell, "Quincy Tahoma of Santa Fe", American Indian Art Magazine, 2006, Volume 31, Number 3, pp.48–57.