"4th World" Painting
"4th World" Painting
"4th World" Painting

"4th World" Painting


Collection

Priscilla Murr Collection


Identifier

MU3523


Artist

Gabriel Sice


Description

A painting made on canvas by Zuni artist Gabriel Sice. The painting has a black background and depicts two dragonflies flying, a long curved shape made of speckled paint, two animal like figures emerging from the shape, and a half moon. The painting relates to the Zuni origin story of the world. In the origin story, Awonawilona, creator of the world, sends his two sons to lead the Zuni people out of total darkness in the fourth world to the first world.


Medium

paint on canvas

Inscription

signed, "G. Sice, 92"

Width

12.25in

Height

16.5in

Length

0.75in

Where Made (Region)

Zuni, New Mexico

Where Made (Country)

United States

Related place

United States

Name of Donor

Priscilla Murr