Night Camping

Jerry Lee

Night Camping, Paintings by Jerry Lee
  • Navajo painting
  • Hosteen Nez
  • Jerry Lee painting
Savvy Price $485.00
Gallery Price $650.00
Title
Night Camping
Artist
Jerry Lee
Medium
Gouache (opaque watercolor) on paper board
Sight size
12 1/2" height X 14" width
Frame
Single Alpha window mat, regular glass, wood molding (custom)
Frame size
19 1/2" height X 21" width
Signed
"Jerry Lee" at viewer's lower right, "Hosteen Nez" at viewer's lower left
Date of creation
Prior to 2009
Condition
Art is excellent, as appeared framed, glazed. Out gassing on inside of glass needs to be cleaned off.
Provenance
B Nib
About The Night Camping

Titled on verso plus an explanation of the painting's subject matter in the artist's hand:

"Night Camping   Awakened by coyote while camping for night.  Had been looking for his horses.  Navajo artist  by Jerry Lee"

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
  • Extraordinary Fire Dancers, Paintings by Jerry Lee
  • Two Grandfathers Meeting in the Summer Evening, Paintings by Jerry Lee
Cultures

American Indian, Navajo

Medium

Paintings

Subject

American Indians, Dogs Cats

Keywords

Jerry Lee, Navajo painting, Hosteen Nez, Jerry Lee painting