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Ben Harjo Seminole/Shawnee
Ben Harjo Seminole/Shawnee
Ben Harjo Seminole/Shawnee

Ben Harjo Seminole/Shawnee

$ 234.96

Availability: 100 in stock
  • Tribal Affiliation: Seminole/Shawnee
  • Modified Item: No
  • Artisan: Benjamin Harjo, Jr.
  • Provenance: Ownership History Available
  • All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
  • Condition: New
  • Handmade: Yes
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
  • Culture: Native American: US
  • Origin: Purchased from artist at the Tulsa Indian Market.

    Description

    Professionally framed and matted.
    Framed 26 .25 high x 20.25 wide
    Image is 20 5/8 high x 14.75 wide
    Ben's portrait of Myrtle Jones, Kiowa princess, historian, teacher.
    Ben Harjo is a Vietnam veteran, cultural recreation coordinator, teacher, and professional artist.  Has a great sense of humor.  Often referred to as the "Picasso of Native American art" .
    "A brilliant colorist, his current direction is the geometric depiction of Indian subjects...".  Many awards, honors, publications and exhibits.
    He was the 1993 Heard Museum's 34th Annual Featured Artist, the Featured Artist in 1992 and 1993 for the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian's Annual Aspen Benefit, and the Gold Medal Award at the 1990 American Indian Cowboy Artists Wichita Show.