MS 7429
Jose Encarnacion Peña, also known as Encarnacion Peña, Soqween, and So-Kwa-Wi (1902–1979), was a painter from San Ildefonso Pueblo. Best known for his watercolors of Pueblo ceremonies, he was an early participant in the San Ildefonso school and later in the "Santa Fe Studio Style" art movement.
The collection consists of a watercolor painting depicting six dancers in a row. The painting is titled, signed and dated by the artist: "Spotted Pumpkin Dance. Soka-awh. 1979. Encarnacion Peña. Santa Fe, N. Mex." The painting was shown at the Thomas Gilcrease Institute of American History and Art, Tulsa, Oklahoma, in the show
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NAA MS 7429
NAA INV 10000087
The provenance of the painting is unclear. It may have been donated to the National Anthropological Archives by Stephen Gambaro or by Peña's widow, Patricia Peña.
The National Anthropological Archives (NAA) holds photographs of Peña in Patricia Peña photograph of Jose Encarnacion Peña dressed as koshari (Photo Lot 79-30) and Stephen Gambaro photographs of Native American artists and public figures, circa 1976-1984 (Photo Lot 80-37). The NAA holds images of Peña's murals in Photographs of Jose Encarnacion Peña murals and Patricia Peña dolls (Photo Lot 98-24).
Manuscript 7429, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
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