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Ceremonial Dancer

Raymond Naha

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Title: Ceremonial Dancer
Artist: Raymond Naha
Medium: Gouache on black paper board
Sight size: 19 3/4" height X 15 3/4" width
Frame: Regular glass, dark finished wood molding with silver sight edge
Frame size: 25 3/4" height X 21 3/4" width
Signed: "R. Naha" at viewer's lower right followed by the copyright symbol
Condition: Excellent, as appeared framed, glazed.
Provenance: Consigned by a Phoenician LD; Quick Inquiry Email Friend

About The Ceremonial Dancer

Naha has carefully delineated this figure's serious demeanor to accompany a detailed rendering of his costume.

About Raymond Naha

(1933-1974, Hopi) Naha's chief medium was casein, although he did produce works in oils, pastels, inks and acrylics. His favorite subjects were Hopi and Zuni kachinas and ceremonies. He often used black or dark paper as his brush tended to be on the dark side.

Since Naha painted in perfect detail, his paintings present a beautiful study of the masks, costumes, jewelry, body paint and paraphernalia of the dancers. As his compositions ranged from loose and scattered arrangements to tight, closed lines of dancers; it is difficult to ascribe a chronological sequence to his works. There is often humor in Naha's art as illustrated in a painting of tumbling dancers whose moccasin soles show holes in them.

Among the awards he received were: First award at the Philbrook Show on two occasions; Indian Arts Fund Award in Santa Fe; Bimson Grand Award at the Scottsdale National and First awards at different Gallup Ceremonials. He is cited in The Biographical Directory of Native American Painters by Patrick D. Lester, The St. James Guide to Native North American Artists, American Indian Painting by Dorothy Dunn and Southwest Indian Painting by Clara Lee Tanner.

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