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Original Navajo Painting “Men Singing” by Quincy Tahoma - C3829
This painting is signed in lower right Tohoma '37, a signature that Quincy Tahoma used early in his career before changing the spelling to Tahoma. He indicated, on verso, the title, date and his age of 17, which does not agree with a published date of birth of 1917. At any rate, whether he was 17 or 20, the painting is an amazing work of art for a young person. It is possible that someone else incorrectly wrote the age on the painting.
Tahoma presents us with a group of seven men, all of whom are singing vigorously. An eighth one is apparently taking a nap. They are dressed in a variety of clothing from checkerboard to plain trousers, plaid to flower shirts, wrapped in blankets, and cowboy hats to bandanas. As a background, he included an arbor with a wooden wall and a large arrangement of a green plant.