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Lot 12

Navajo Mary Morez (1946-2004) Kachina Painting

Estimate: $2,000 - $3,000
Starting Bid
$500

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This is the largest example of artwork by Navajo artist Mary Morez (1946-2004) and is titled “Kachina Dancers” circa 1988 measuring as is seen in the lead photo’d 68-inches by 68-inches. The painting features a wonderfully and professionally crafted acrylic construction that shows a very beautiful rendition of three different Kachina dancers in a "Blue Wash" themed coloring and a semi abstract painted blur to the painting. The bottom right hand edge (presented) is marked as follows: Morez - '88. Mary Morez (1946 - 2004) was active/lived in New Mexico, Arizona. Mary Morez is known for Figure-Indian, abstraction. Born in Tuba City, Arizona as a member of the Navajo nation, Mary Morez led most of her life in Phoenix, where she became an illustrator, fashion designer, painter, graphic artist, draftsman and museum curator. Morez' parents died when she was young, and she was placed under the care of her grandparents on the Reservation. They sent her as a young girl to the Phoenix Indian School, where she was adopted by a non-Indian couple and learned about a culture much different from her own. However, she made great effort to stay close to her own heritage through communication with her grandparents and extensive study. After attending the Indian School, she enrolled in the Maricopa Technical College and the Ray Vogue School of Art in Chicago. She also studied in Tucson at the University of Arizona, which she attended in 1960 on a summer scholarship from the Southwest Indian Art Project. Her art talent led to numerous jobs, but she was handicapped throughout her life from childhood polio and subsequent corrective surgery. She continued to suffer from complications as an adult, and ill health led to a fifteen-year period when she did very little painting. However, in the 1990s she again took up "the brush". She also devoted much volunteer time to the Phoenix Indian Hospital. As an illustrator, she was published in the "Navajo Times", "The New Mexico Review" and the "Legislative Journal". She also did commercial artwork for the Phoenix Indian Center, Native American Film Festival, U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare; and jackets for Canyon Records. Of her life, she said: "When I grow up, I want to know I've left something behind. Not as an artist but as a human being who loves and cares and tends and helps other human beings. To do that is to walk in beauty." Mary Morez died September 25, 2004. The condition of this painting is well preserved with no obvious signs of damage and shows a well preserved overall condition. The measurements of this painting is 48" x 48" and 68" x 68" as presented. The collective weight of this painting is 10lb 6oz.

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