$100
Beatien Yazz gouache on paper "Fire Dancer"; labeled to back with artist info; signed to bottom right corner; triple matted and framed under glass; measures approximately 24-3/4" x 22-1/2" with frame and has a sight image of approximately 15-1/2" x 13-1/2"; in Good condition. Beatien Yazz, Little No Shirt (Jimmy Toddy) was born in 1928 on the Navajo Reservation. Yazz showed promise as an artist very early. At an early age, Yazz met the Lippencotts, traders at the Wide Ruins Trading Post and they made available to him scraps of paper and other equipment so that he might practice in color. Yazz was also the subject of Alberta Hannum's books Spin a Silver Dollar and Paint the Wind and his paintings were used as illustrations. He served in the U.S. Marines in World War II and was a member of the famed Navajo Code Talkers. Following the war, he returned to the reservation and began to paint in earnest. He specialized in subjects familiar to him in his daily life on the reservation. He has been eminently popular with collectors since the 1950s.
Auctioneer:
Bremoauctions
Date:
2016-02-20
