Tony Abeyta, Chief, 1990
Tony Abeyta
Diné (Navajo), b. 1965
Chief, 1990
hand-colored monotype, collage on handmade paper
signed lower left: Tony Abeyta ©
dated lower right: 1990
43 1/4 x 31 1/4 in. (109.9 x 79.4 cm.), frame: 49 3/4 x 37 3/4 x 1 1/2 in. (126.4 x 95.9 x 3.8 cm.)
Private Collection, New Mexico
Tony Abeyta is a contemporary painter known for mixed-media works and Southwestern landscapes that weave ancestral Navajo iconography into a visual language informed by American Modernism. He earned an A.F.A. from the Institute of American Indian Arts and is also a graduate of New York University, later receiving an honorary doctorate from IAIA. Abeyta received the 2012 New Mexico Governor’s Award for Excellence in the Arts and has been recognized as a “Native Treasure” by the Museum of Indian Arts & Culture.
Condition
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Tony Abeyta
Diné (Navajo), b. 1965
Chief, 1990
hand-colored monotype, collage on handmade paper
signed lower left: Tony Abeyta ©
dated lower right: 1990
43 1/4 x 31 1/4 in. (109.9 x 79.4 cm.), frame: 49 3/4 x 37 3/4 x 1 1/2 in. (126.4 x 95.9 x 3.8 cm.)
Private Collection, New Mexico
Tony Abeyta is a contemporary painter known for mixed-media works and Southwestern landscapes that weave ancestral Navajo iconography into a visual language informed by American Modernism. He earned an A.F.A. from the Institute of American Indian Arts and is also a graduate of New York University, later receiving an honorary doctorate from IAIA. Abeyta received the 2012 New Mexico Governor’s Award for Excellence in the Arts and has been recognized as a “Native Treasure” by the Museum of Indian Arts & Culture.
Condition
A condition report for this lot is available upon request (please include the lot number in your request) and is provided by Santa Fe Art Auction as a courtesy and convenience for potential buyers.
