Original Painting Untitled of a Navajo Man Daydreaming [SOLD]

There seems to be no art medium that Allan Houser did not master.  He sculpted in stone and bronze, carved in wood, painted in oils, acrylics, watercolors and whatever other mediums are known to artists.  He was indisputably one of America's foremost artists in mediums of sculpture, drawings, paintings, wood carving or whatever medium he chose to try. He was a modernist as well as a traditionalist and was certainly one of the most famous Native American artists of the 20th century.  By the 1980s, his reputation was firmly established.  His paintings were featured in a celebration of Native art at the Kennedy Center in Washington DC in 1981 and included in a Smithsonian exhibit that traveled to South America.  That same year, he exhibited in the legendary Salon d'Automne in Paris, France.

This watercolor is a serene day on the Navajo Reservation.  The man leans against the post to which his horse is tied.  His dog looks up to him for approval or a favor.  There is no stress, no urgency to do something, just a moment to rest, relax and daydream.

The painting is signed in lower left Allan Houser and dated 60.  It is framed and ready to hang.

Condition:  appears to be in original condition but has not been examined out of the frame

Provenance: from the private collection of a California family

Recommended Reading:  Allan Houser: An American Master (Chiricahua Apache, 1914-1994) by W. Jackson Rushing III