Eight (8) fire dancers, all painted blue, carrying torches as they sprint around one enormous fire.
Fire dancers represent a subject for which Jerry Lee is best known. This example offers an especially dynamic presentation of the theme.
Description | Eight (8) fire dancers, all painted blue, carrying torches as they sprint around one enormous fire. Fire dancers represent a subject for which Jerry Lee is best known. This example offers an especially dynamic presentation of the theme. |
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About the Artist | (Born 1944) Jerry Lee, a Navajo artist, was born at Wide Ruins on the Navajo Nation in northeastern Arizona. In 1964 won a first place award in the Scottsdale National Indian Art Exhibition. He later studied under Beatien Yazz. Jerry Lee also signs his Navajo name "Hosteen Nez" to his artwork. His work is found in collections at the Heard Museum in Phoenix, Arizona; the Wheelwright Museum in Santa Fe, New Mexico and the Museum of Northern Arizona. |
Culture | American Indian, Navajo |
Style | Nostalgic American Indian |
Medium | Gouache (opaque watercolor) on paper board |
Sight size | 23" height X 29" width |
Frame | Two paper mats, regular glass, distressed wood molding |
Frame size | 33 1/2" height X 39 1/2" width |
Signed | "Jerry Lee" at viewer's lower right |
Date of creation | Circa 1980 |
Condition | Excellent, as appeared framed, glazed. |