EL PALACIO Magazine, Volume 63, No. 4, April 1956 [SOLD]

EL PALACIO Volume 63, No. 4, April 1956

Softcover, stapled, booklet of 28 pages, excellent condition.

Rare issue.

Articles of interest include

Santos of San Ysidro Labrador by E. Boyd

The patron Saint of Madrid. The farmer Saint crossed the Atlantic with the Spaniards and became a patron of New Mexico farmers.

Navajo Sweat Houses by David M. Brugge The Navajo have traditionally had sweat houses made of conical structures of poles covered with earth, a miniature of a traditional hogan. When the Navajo were hired by the railway, they made sweat houses built into hillsides. They accommodated their needs through ingenuity.

AWA TSIREH: PAINTER OF SAN ILDEFONSO by Dorothy Dunn

An excellent article on this famous painter that reveals his loss while in his early twenties of his young wife and infant son leaving him distraught with grief from which he never fully recovered and never married again. He became melancholy and withdrawn yet found happiness in his art.

Alfonso Roybal, Awa Tsireh, San Ildefonso Pueblo Painter.  Image Source: EL PALACIO Volume 63, No. 4, April 1956, page 110.

Relative Links: Native American Fine Art, San Ildefonso Pueblo, Native American Paintings, Alfonso Roybal, Awa Tsireh