"Corn God" ·  Milland Lomakema (1941-2021) Dawakema, Hopi Pueblo Painter · ID: 3050880

Description

acrylic on board, signed and dated lower right “D WAKWA M 76”, in passepartout, glazed and framed (m: 96,5 cm x 75,5 cm)

Milland Lomakema was a member of the Artist Hopid, a group organized in 1973 by Hopi artists Michael Kabotie, Terrance Talaswaima, and Neil David, Sr. The objectives of the group were to use Hopi art to instill pride and identity, to educate the world to the aesthetic and cultural values of the Hopi, to develop new ideas in Hopi art and to document Hopi history through the visual arts.

Lomakema was a self-taught artist with no formal training in the arts. He won first place in the Heard Museum’s National Indian Art Show in 1968 for one of his paintings as well as many other prizes.

The object “Corn God” with the object ID 3050880 was last part of the auction 102nd Auction at April 13, 2024 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 46 achieved a sales price of EUR 1,000.

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Exhibition

Hillsborough County Museum, Tampa, Florida