Kachinas Chasing Misbehaving Hano Clowns

Raymond Naha


Savvy Price $3,600.00: Gallery Price $4,800.00

Title: Kachinas Chasing Misbehaving Hano Clowns
Artist: Raymond Naha
Medium: Acrylic or casein on board
Sight size: 19 3/4" height X 26 1/2" width
Frame size: 27" height X 34" width
Signed: "R. Naha '69" at viewer's lower right
Date of creation: 1969
Condition: Excellent, as appeared framed, glazed.
Provenance: Consigned by gentleman who inherited his grandmother's art collection CP

About The Kachinas Chasing Misbehaving Hano Clowns

Incredible detail matched with Naha's unique animation of the figures is entirely impressive! Ray has invited us to witness another culture's practices without physically intruding on his people. Their expressions are individualized. Their costumes are delineated with care. We are sharing the experience, minus the dust and the drive to Hopi.

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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