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Oil portrait of an elderly man with white hair in a red headscarf and a geometric woven blanket, turned to the right against an olive background.

Tlizzy-Thlanny

Oil portrait of an elderly man with white hair, wearing a red headscarf with yellow dots and a blanket woven with geometric bands of cream, rust, and blue. He turns his head to the right against a warm olive background, with his name inscribed at upper right and the artist's signature at lower right.

Artist
Carl Moon
Date
ca. 1937-1943
Medium
oil on canvas
Source
Smithsonian (Smithsonian American Art Museum)
Size
2279 × 2880 px
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Public domain · Smithsonian (Smithsonian American Art Museum) releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1948).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Smithsonian Institution, Smithsonian American Art Museum

Español: Tlizzy-Thlanny, retrato de un hombre mayor navajo de Carl Moon

Retrato al óleo de un hombre anciano de cabello blanco, con una cinta roja con puntos amarillos en la cabeza y una manta tejida con franjas geométricas en crema, óxido y azul. Gira la cabeza hacia la derecha sobre un fondo cálido color oliva, con su nombre inscrito arriba a la derecha y la firma del artista abajo a la derecha.

Português: Tlizzy-Thlanny, retrato de um homem idoso navajo por Carl Moon

Retrato a óleo de um homem idoso de cabelos brancos, usando um lenço vermelho com bolinhas amarelas e um cobertor tecido com faixas geométricas em creme, ferrugem e azul. Ele vira a cabeça para a direita contra um fundo oliva quente, com seu nome inscrito no canto superior direito e a assinatura do artista no canto inferior direito.

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