Tony Abeyta, The Gathering
Tony Abeyta
Diné (Navajo), b. 1965
The Gathering
mixed media on canvas
signed upper right: Tony Abeyta
inscribed verso: "THE GATHERING"
40 x 30 in. (101.6 x 76.2 cm.), frame: 41 5/8 x 31 3/4 x 2 in. (105.7 x 80.6 x 5.1 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
The Gathering
mixed media on canvas
signed upper right: Tony Abeyta
inscribed verso: "THE GATHERING"
40 x 30 in. (101.6 x 76.2 cm.), frame: 41 5/8 x 31 3/4 x 2 in. (105.7 x 80.6 x 5.1 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.
