Extraordinary Fire Dancers

Jerry Lee

Extraordinary Fire Dancers, Paintings by Jerry Lee
  • Navajo painting
  • Jerry Lee painting
Savvy Price $1,800.00
Gallery Price $2,500.00
Title
Extraordinary Fire Dancers
Artist
Jerry Lee
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
About The Extraordinary Fire Dancers

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.

About Jerry Lee

(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.

Other Works By Jerry Lee:
  • Lost & Found, Paintings by Jerry Lee
  • Night Camping, Paintings by Jerry Lee
  • Two Grandfathers Meeting in the Summer Evening, Paintings by Jerry Lee
Cultures

American Indian, Navajo

Medium

Paintings

Subject

American Indians, Dance

Keywords

Jerry Lee, Navajo painting, Jerry Lee painting