Navajo Goat Girl, Gerald Cassidy

Artwork Overview

1879–1934
Navajo Goat Girl, early 1900s
Where object was made: United States
Material/technique: oil; canvas
Dimensions:
Canvas/Support (Height x Width x Depth): 101.6 x 76.2 cm
Canvas/Support (Height x Width x Depth): 40 x 30 in
Credit line: Gift of the Balfour Family
Accession number: 1977.0003
Not on display

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Artist Gerald Cassidy is known for his scenes of daily Navajo life. In this work, he delicately depicts the figure of the girl in profile, capturing a sense of movement and suggesting she is unaware of the artist’s presence. The girl is draped in fabrics in shades of blue, pink and, green. An Angora goat, which is typical for the Santa Fe area, stands behind her near the horizon. The fabrics and the goat in the painting symbolize the bounties of Navajo life.

Exhibitions

Kris Ercums, curator
2021–2023
Kris Ercums, curator
2021–2022