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Allan J. McIntyre Fine
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TUCSON ARIZONA |
Artist: Eddie Tsosie (born circa 1948)
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"Navajo Peyote Symbols" circa 1980s, Watercolor. Edition: Unique. Signed in paint, Eddie Tsosie, lower right, directly beneath image. Image area, approximately: 11 1/4 x 7 inches (285 x 177 mm). Board: 12 3/8 x 8 3/8 inches (313 x 213 mm). Excellent condition. Painted on 4-ply mat board. Eddie Tsosie is a member of the Navajo Nation. In the late 1800s, as the Native American Church grew in both membership and spiritual importance, a multitude of symbols were adopted to reflect this new visionary world. Originating out of Southern Plains reservations, the Church chose as it's sacrament the peyote cactus bud, not so much for its psychoactive response (which is seen as secondary or even irrelevant) but for its healing affects upon Church participants. In this painting a variety of Native American Church symbols are incorporated. The drum at the bottom supports a peyote rattle with its gourd and feather top and beaded handle below. The background is a tipi within which the ceremonies occur. A blue Water Bird (symbolizing a cormorant) ascends toward an arch that interprets the crescent shaped alter built inside of the tipi. $300.00 |
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"First Snowfall"
1992, Watercolor.
Edition: Unique. Signed and dated in paint, Eddie Tsosie '92, lower right, directly beneath image. Dimensions of paper: 2 3/4 x 16 1/2 inches (70 x 412 mm). Excellent condition. Painted full sheet on textured watercolor paper. Eddie Tsosie lives in Chinle, Arizona, and is a member of the Navajo Nation. Signed and titled on the old mat. A very nice nighttime snowfall scene with a man outside of his hogan bringing in the firewood. $250.00 |
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Allan J. McIntyre Fine Art
P.O. Box 32374
Tucson, AZ 85751
Phone: 520.881.2528
Open by appointment only
Specializing in fine
prints and art on paper by graphic artists and printmakers Copyright © 2003-2011
of the American desert Southwest, primarily Arizona and New Mexico,
created before 1950.
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