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Photograph by Addison Doty. Copyright 2010 School for Advanced Research.

"Field Mouse Goes to War"

Photograph by Addison Doty. Copyright 2010 School for Advanced Research.

"Field Mouse Goes to War"

Date: 2010
Artist or Maker: Duane Slick (b. 1961)
Dimensions:
31 x 40 1/2 x 1 1/2 in. (78.7 x 102.9 x 3.8 cm)
Medium: canvas | wood | metal | molding paste | gesso | paint, acrylic
Credit Line: Gift of the artist, 2011.
Object Number: SAR.2011-1-1
Not on view
DescriptionPainting based on the Hopi folk story "Fieldmouse Goes to War." Acrylic paint over gesso on canvas. The light gray shadow of Warrior Mouse (based on a carving in IARC's collection with the catalog number SAR.1994-8-68), stands between two hawks, each perched on a rocky outcropping (based on a carving in IARC's collection with the catalog number SAR. 2001-7-5). The hawks and the outcroppings are painted in stripes of gray, blue, green, mauve, dark orange and beige. A black flower hangs from the top of the painting, between the two hawks. There are light gray shadows of a dried, upside down flowers, above and behind the other figures.

See the Notes field for an explanation of the technique used to create this painting.
In Collection(s)
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