Patrick Swazo Hinds 'Chant to the Deer Spirit' Lithograph" (1972)

Patrick Swazo Hinds (Tesuque Pueblo, 1924-1974). "Chant to the Deer Spirit" stone lithograph on paper, 1972. Edition 62 of 70. Hand-signed at lower left; numbered and dated at lower center. Printed as part of "Pueblo Dancers" by master printer Harry Westlund at the Tamarind Institute, Albuquerque, New Mexico. Published by Art Consultants, LTD, Phoenix, Arizona. Printed as part of "Pueblo Dancers" by master printer Harry Westlund at the Tamarind Institute, Albuquerque, New Mexico. Published by Art Consultants, Ltd., Phoenix, Arizona. A masked Deer Dancer strides across the sheet, crowned with branching antlers and a sunburst headdress rendered in the grisaille of stone lithography. The figure leans into two staffs tipped with evergreen sprigs, with a fringed kilt and a rattle-hung sash, while a second, half-glimpsed dancer crouches behind. Printed on deckle-edged wove paper. The subject depicts the winter animal dances through which Pueblo communities honor the deer spirit and petition for abundance. The lot comprises three sheets: the lithograph itself, accompanied by its title page and end page, documenting the portfolio in which it was issued. Size: 22.25" W x 30" H (56.5 cm W x 76.2 cm H) 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) Item # 203528

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