Elizabeth Roth Miller Acrylic Paintings of "Hopi Kachina Dolls"

Item Details

Elizabeth Roth Miller (American, 1917 – 1976)
Black Ogre, Hututu, Sio Humis Taamu, Amoli and Telavai, mid-late 20th century
Acrylic and dyes paintings on silk
Unsigned
Titles to labels adhered to glass
Biographical label included and inventory of completed paintings and 2 books from which she researched Hopi Kachina Dolls (Harold S. Colton) and Hop Katcinas Drawn by Native Artists (Jesse Walter Fewkes)

Elizabeth Roth Miller loved American Indian art and culture. To express her appreciation of it, she dedicated a large portion of her creative efforts to 50 paintings on silk of Hopi Kactina (Kachina) or Indian religious fetish dolls. It took her seven years to research and complete the project. She chose to use dyes and acrylics together on silk, an unusual medium for an unusual subject – the dolls used by Hop Indians in religious ceremonies. She intended to sign the paintings all at once, but due to illness, never achieved this goal. Her legacy is this collection of paintings.

Condition

- light residue caught beneath the glass on most of the paintings; toning to the title labels affixed to the fronts of each piece; minor marks to frame edges; the books included have marks and wear with some toning to pages.

Dimensions

- measures the frame of each painting.

Item #

ITMG397779