Vision of Oh Kho Wah
Helen Hardin was a major figure of 20th-century modern Native American painting, who, during the 1960s, was one of the first American artists (along with Jackson Pollock, Helen Frankenthaler, and Andy Warhol) to use industrial-grade acrylic paint in her work. Her images, often made up of multiple layers of metallic paint, shimmer with overlapping translucent geometric forms that rhythmically organize her compositions.
Artwork Details
- Title: Vision of Oh Kho Wah
- Artist: Helen Hardin (1943–1984)
- Date: 1981
- Culture: Tewa, Native American
- Medium: Acrylic on paperboard
- Dimensions: 20 × 24 in. (50.8 × 61 cm)
Framed: 31 × 35 in. (78.7 × 88.9 cm) - Credit Line: Gift of Leslie M. Beebe and Bruce Nussbaum, 2021
- Object Number: 2021.359.1
- Curatorial Department: The American Wing
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