A Ha-So-De (Narciso Abeyta) painting, "Gathering Fertility Pollen," 1986

Ha-So-De (Narciso Abeyta)
Diné (Navajo), (1918-1998), "Gathering Fertility Pollen," 1986, gouache on paper framed under Plexiglas, signed and dated lower right: Ha-So-De.
sight: height 20in, width 22 3/4in
See Brody, J.J., Indian Painters & White Patrons, 1971, University of New Mexico Press, Albuquerque, NM, pp.150-151, "Narciso Abeyta (Ha-So-De) had been one of the prominent Navajo painters at the Studio (Santa Fe Indian Art School), probably the most innovative and individualistic of any. Following World War II, he studied art at the University of New Mexico, earning a BA in 1953... (Working for the New Mexico state government) over the years he has painted sporadically, and most of his paintings have a spontaneity and immediacy unique among Studio alumni (of that era.)"