"Zuni raindancers dancing and signing prayers to the rain gods so that they may have rain for their crops another year."
The above was written on the back of the painting's panel along with the painting's title, date and the artist's name
Description | "Zuni raindancers dancing and signing prayers to the rain gods so that they may have rain for their crops another year." The above was written on the back of the painting's panel along with the painting's title, date and the artist's name |
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About the Artist | (1945-2010) Johnny Secatero was a Navajo artist whose work is published in the Clara Lee Tanner book titled Southwest Indian Painting. His paintings tend to be in watercolor. Secatero's traditional paintings are included in the following collections: Eiteljorg Museum in Indianapolis, the Museum of Northern Arizona in Flagstaff, Arizona and the Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Secatero's awards for painting spanned more than 30 years. His work has been exhibited at all the major museum venues featuring American Indian art. |
Culture | American Indian |
Style | Nostalgic American Indian |
Medium | Acrylic on canvas-wrapped panel |
Panel size | 24" height X 36" width |
Frame | Routed wood molding |
Frame size | 26 7/8" height X 38 3/4" width |
Signed | "Johnny Secatero" at viewer's lower right |
Date of creation | 1971 |
Condition | Excellent, as appeared framed. |
Provenance | Pau Sh |