Patrick Swazo Hinds Eagle Dancers 1972 Tamarind Lithograph Signed 62 of 70

North America, United States, Patrick Swazo Hinds (Tesuque Pueblo, [1929] to 1974), 1972 CE. “Eagle Dancers,” stone lithograph on paper, edition 62 of 70, from the portfolio “Pueblo Dancers,” printed by master printer Harry Westlund at the Tamarind Institute, Albuquerque, New Mexico, and published by Art Consultants, Ltd., Phoenix, Arizona. A pair of Eagle Dancers with outstretched, feathered wings is shown against a field of sky blue and desert ochre, set before a white disc edged in a zigzag band and spinning rings. The dancers wear kilts, sashes, and moccasins in golden yellow, their faces turned in mirrored profile. The Eagle Dance traditionally honors the eagle as a messenger between earth and sky, its wingbeats invoking rain and blessing. Hand-signed at lower left; dated and numbered at lower center. Artist's bio: "Patrick Swazo Hinds was a renowned artist and painter whose work combined Native motifs with a modern style that became an expression of his heritage and culture. As a child, he was adopted and moved to California where he pursued his education in art. He attended Hill and Canyon School of Arts in Santa Fe, New Mexico; California College of Arts and Crafts in Oakland; Mexico City College; and the Art Institute of Chicago. He also served in the U.S. Marines during the Korean War, and later worked as a teacher before becoming a full-time artist. Over his lifetime, Swazo Hinds's works have been shown in numerous exhibitions, including at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, and are in the permanent collections of the Institute of American Indian Arts and the National Museum of the American Indian. As an important person in the California art scene, Swazo Hinds departed from the traditional style and painted highly abstracted pieces that emphasized his connection to his Pueblo culture, which he visited every summer after his adoption. He stated, 'I have worked hard to learn to paint and now I have chosen to paint the Indian . . . and his religion and his culture as I understand it. I can paint an Indian as ugly as I want, because there is pain, there is sorrow, there is suffering. I can paint him beautiful, because that is there, too.'" (Autry Museum of the American West website) A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany all winning bids. Item # 203529

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