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Coyote and Snow
- Art by Harry Fonseca
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- Dec 30, 2022
Artwork © 2016 Harry Fonseca Collection, , Courtesy Of the , Indianapolis
THE LATE ARTIST HARRY FONSECA drew heavily from his Indigenous heritage as part of the Nisenan Maidu People in California to create paintings of the Native 皇冠体育app官网平台n hero Coyote, renowned as a trickster and creator. In this 1979 work, Coyote wears a traditional feathered cape as he walks through falling snow. “I find it playful, whimsical, even magical,” says Dorene Red Cloud, curator of Native 皇冠体育app官网平台n art at the Eiteljorg Museum in Indianapolis, where Fonseca was a 2005 . “This painting reminds me of the specialness of the season, when we loved winter as kids.” She hopes viewers will feel that same sense of wonder.
