Eight (8) fire dancers, all painted blue, carrying torches, sprinting around an enormous fire.
This subject is what Jerry Lee is best known for depicting.
Description | Eight (8) fire dancers, all painted blue, carrying torches, sprinting around an enormous fire. This subject is what Jerry Lee is best known for depicting. |
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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 brown mat board |
Sight size | 23" height X 29" width |
Frame | Triple window mat board, regular glass, wood molding (custom) |
Frame size | 33 1/2" height X 39" width |
Signed | "Jerry Lee" at viewer's lower right, "Hosteen Nez" at viewer's lower left |
Date of creation | Circa 1980 |
Condition | Excellent, as appeared framed, glazed |
Provenance | CC |