"Traditional Indian painting
Two grandathers meeting in the summer evening
Navajo artist
by
Jerry Lee" written on verso
Description | "Traditional Indian painting Two grandathers meeting in the summer evening Navajo artist by Jerry Lee" written on verso |
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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 |
Sight size | 17 1/3" height X 20" width |
Frame | Single PH balanced window mat, regular glass, dark wood molding |
Frame size | 25" height X 27 1/3" width |
Signed | "Jerry Lee" at viewer's lower right, "Hosteen Nez" at viewer's lower left |
Condition | Excellent, as appeared framed, glazed |
Provenance | B Nib |