The Dr. Samuel R. Poliakoff Collection of Western Art

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Jim Abieta
Jim Abieta
Jim Abieta
Jim Abieta
Norma Ami
Mildred Antonio
Joe Beeler
Nathan Begay
Nathan Begay
Ernest Berke
Ernest Berke
Ernest Berke
Ernest Berke
Ernest Berke
Nettie Bica
Rena Billie
Rena Billie
Blue Corn
Blue Corn
Blue Corn
Mary Cain
Barbara and Joseph Cerno
Lorraine Chinama
Marie Z Chino
Marie Z Chino
Marie Z Chino
Grace Chino
Marie Z Chino
Roger Cooke
Roger Cooke
Arthur and Hilda Coriz
Joe de Yong
Joe de Yong
Joe de Yong
Joe de Yong
Thomas A DeDecker
Frank DiVita
Juanita Suazo Dubray
Cora Duran
Richard Ebelacker
Nick Eggenhofer
Daro Flood
Laura Gachupin
Joseph Gachupin
Rose Chino Garcia
Tina Garcia
Rose Chino Garcia
Louise Goodman
Martha Gordon
Geraldine Gutierrez
Virginia Gutierrez
Margaret Gutierrez and Luther Gutierrez
Pula Gutierrez
Pula Gutierrez
Margaret Gutierrez and Luther Gutierrez
Margaret Gutierrez and Luther Gutierrez
Pula Gutierrez
Pula Gutierrez
Pula Gutierrez
Pula Gutierrez
Pula Gutierrez
Lois Gutierrez de la Cruz
Eva Hisita
Allan Houser
Stella Huma
Rodina Huma
Rodina Huma
Rodina Huma
Mary Kee
Alton Komalestewa
Charles Lee
Lucy Lewis
Emma Lewis
Lucy Lewis
Emma Lewis
Emogene Lomakema
Anita Garcia Lowden
Ralph Lowe
Rebecca Lucario
Maria Martinez and Popovi Da
Maria and Julian Martinez
Maria Martinez and Popovi Da
Ben Matchers
Lucy Leuppe McKelvy
Sofia Medina
Sylvia Naha
Helen Naha
Rainey Naha
Priscilla Namingha
Priscilla Namingha
Leah Nampeyo
Dextra Nampeyo Quotskuyva
Dextra Nampeyo Quotskuyva
Teresita Naranjo
Elizabeth Naranjo
Teresita Naranjo
Bernice Swazo Naranjo
Teresita Naranjo
Joy Navasie
Bill Nebeker
Cecelia Nelson
Oktollik
Paulita Pacheco
Paulita Pacheco
Jack Riley
Virginia T Romero
Ida Sahme
Jean Sahme Nampeyo
David Salk
Selina Sanchez
Helen Shupla
Stella Shutiva
Mary Small
Ada Suina
Andrea Tafoya
Mark Tahbo
Thelma Talachy
Robert Tenorio
Jennie Thomas
Lavine Torivio
Dorothy Torivio
Tony Tso
Faye Tso
Vallo
Sue Williams
Wayne Wolfe
Sally Yazzie
Lola Yazzie
Iris Youvella Nampeyo
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Bison II (#113)
Joe de Yong (1894–1975)— Western Artists

Joseph Franklin De Yong was a western movie extra, a cowboy artist and protégé of western artist Charles Russell, for whom he worked from 1916 to 1926. Following Russell’s death in 1926, De Yong became Russell's "artistic heir and guardian of his creative legacy" according to western art historians. DeYong as a boy saw Charles Russell's paintings at the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair and became fascinated with the Western landscape and peoples. By the time he was seventeen, he was Hollywood cowboy Tom Mix’s wrangler for his cattle and horses as well as an actor in some of Mix's productions. He would for many years serve as a historical consultant on western films. Although de Yong created the molds for these figures in 1922, they were poured at the foundry (D.F., "date of foundry") in 1972.


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