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Subject: Navajo (Diné) Painting of a Young Navajo Boy with Frog
Probably no other Navajo artist has chronicled activities of Navajo children as well or as often as Beatien Yazz. In a large percentage of his paintings he featured Navajo youth playing, working, or just relaxing. He presented life on the Navajo Reservation as ideal for its youth.
In this painting, Yazz shows a young Navajo boy, shirtless, lying on the ground teasing a frog by holding on to its leg. There is a charm to the painting. The young boy is resting his head on his hand, kicked off his moccasin and is only interested in the frog.
Provenance: This painting is from an Albuquerque collector, and is not from the collection of the Balcomb family. It is framed and in original excellent condition.
Subject: Navajo (Diné) Painting of a Young Navajo Boy with Frog
Artist: Beatien Yazz (1928-Present) Little No Shirt - Jimmy Toddy
Category: Paintings
Origin: Diné - Navajo Nation
Medium: Casein
Size: 12-1/2" x 18" image; 17-3/4" x 23-1/8" framed
Item # C2981