Kenda’s work is defined by its painter sensibility — an enduring influence on generations that followed. Most artists are dead; following is a declaration of love.
Kress Building Series
Kenda North American, born 1951
Untitled
Christ Presented to the People
North Netherlandish
Saint Gertrude of Nivelles and an Augustinian Canoness
Saint Augustine and an Augustinian Canoness
Portrait of a Man
The Shepherd's Dream
Georgina North English, 1798-1835
Two Sisters, Valencia
Joaquín Sorolla y Bastida (Spanish, 1863-1923)
Chief Blanket (Third Phase)
Navajo (Diné) Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah, United States
Rainbow People Have Arrived (Nááts’íílid Bee Yikáh)
Hastiin Tła (Left-Handed Man; also known as Hosteen Klah), (Diné (Navajo), 1867–1937)
"Germantown Eye-Dazzler" Rug
Blanket
Blanket or Rug
Navajo (Diné) Ganado area, Arizona, United States
Bowl with Large Diamond-Shaped Area Interior with Dotted Lines and Diamonds, and Interlocking Stepped Motifs
Ceramist unknown (Ancestral Puebloan), possibly St. John's Black-on-white West-central New Mexico
North River Shad
William Merritt Chase (American, 1849–1916)
Dipper or Ladle with Interlocking Zigzag and Step-Fret Designs
Ceramist unknown (Ancestral Puebloan), Black-on-white West-central New Mexico
Bowl with Bold Black-on-White Diamond and Zizgag Motifs
Ceramist unknown (Ancestral Puebloan) West-central New Mexico
Southam Street, North Kensington, IH 22
Roger Mayne English, 1929–2014
Bowl with Textured Surface Decoration
Ceramist unknown (possibly Ancestral Puebloan) New Mexico