Raymond Poseyesva - Allan J. McIntyre Fine Art

Allan J. McIntyre Fine Art - Raymond Poseyesva

Allan J. McIntyre Fine Art

TUCSON

ARIZONA


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Artist: Raymond Poseyesva (?-?)

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"Añya Katcina" circa late 1920s to late 1930s, Watercolor.

Edition: Unique. Signed, R. Poseyesva, lower right; titled, Añya Katcina, lower center.

Dimensions of paper: 8 1/2 x 11 5/8 inches (216 x 294 mm).

Reference: Snodgrass 1968, Earle and Kennard 1971, Tanner 1973, Lester 1995.

Excellent condition. Painted on brown wove paper. There is a crease in the extreme lower left corner of the paper, a few specks of foxing, and slight puckering of the painted image from the application of watercolor to this type of paper, otherwise, considering age and Second Mesa, Shungopovi provenance, in fine condition.

The Añya Katcina, or alternatively Angakchina, is more commonly called the Long Hair Kachina. Earle and Kennard (1971:Plate XVI) describe this Katcina as:

This Kachina has a counterpart at Zuni and it is significant that many words in the songs are Zuni words. The hair generally the Hopi's own, hangs loosely down his back and downy eagle feathers rise from it. A few also hang from the mask across the beard. A cluster of parrot feathers is tied to the crown. Large ear bobs are used and a black skein of yarn hangs around the neck. The body is painted black and brown.

Hopi artist, Raymond Poseyesva, was part of the early twentieth-century Native American watercolor school that painted in flat style, generally characterized by the absence of, or little use of, perspective or shadow. A contemporary of such early Hopi greats as Otis Polelonema, Fred Kabotie, and Waldo Mootzka, little is known of Poseyesva. Snodgrass (1968:149) mentions his tendency to depict Katcinas, that he was originally from Shungopovi, on Second Mesa, and was, at some time a resident of Winslow, Arizona. Tanner (1973:259) makes slight reference to him, parroting Snodgrass's comments and adding that he was "a very old Hopi in the 1950s...." information probably based on her conversations with Alfred Whiting (see her footnote). Lester (1995:444), repeats Snodgrass and adds no new information other than the middle name, John. Lester's evidence for this middle name is lacking and should probably be overlooked.

A very nice, and early, Hopi flat school watercolor.

$1950.00

Pottery Design Hopi Sikyatki Polychrome, circa late 1920s to late 1930s, Watercolor.

Edition: Unique. Signed, R. Poseyesva, directly beneath image.

Image: 5 1/4 x 5 1/4 inches (133 x 133 mm). Sheet: 11 1/2 x 8 1/4 (292 x 209 mm).

Reference: Snodgrass 1968, Earle and Kennard 1971, Tanner 1973, Lester 1995.

Excellent condition. Painted on brown wove paper. A slight bit of puckering around the image from the application of watercolor to this type of paper, otherwise, considering age and Second Mesa, Shungopovi provenance, in fine condition.

An early Hopi flat school watercolor illustrating the interior of a Sikyatki Polychrome bowl. In the time period that this was painted watercolor paintings of Hopi pottery designs were very rare.

$1400.00

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of the American desert Southwest, primarily Arizona and New Mexico, created before 1950.