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Lot 353

Ray Swanson
(1937-2004)
Hopi Piki Bread 14 x 12in

8 – 15 February 2019, 17:00 PST
Online, Los Angeles

US$3,000 - US$5,000

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Ray Swanson (1937-2004)

Hopi Piki Bread
signed, inscribed and dated 'Ray Swanson / © 83' (lower right)
oil on board
14 x 12in
Painted in 1983.

Footnotes

Provenance
Husberg Fine Arts Gallery, Sedona, Arizona.
Acquired by the late owner from the above, 1984.

Literature
S.H. McGarry, Honoring The Western Tradition: The L.D. "Brink" Brinkman Collection, Kerrville, Texas, 2003, pp. 161, 296, illustrated.

S. H. McGarry wrote of the present work in Honoring The Western Tradition: The L.D. "Brink" Brinkman Collection, Hopi Piki Bread and the small grouping of interior scenes rarely produced by the artist "combine dramatic lighting with intimate moments and still-life compositions, such as the foreground grouping of pots and wood."1 The artist maintained a fondness and respect for the Native American people of the West, who were pictured as the many subjects of his work, McGarry continues, "Ray Swanson's background growing up on a farm influences the themes he seeks out in his paintings: Work - hands-on, grueling and rewarding - is the underpinning of the stories he tells." 2

1 S.H. McGarry, Honoring The Western Tradition: The L.D. "Brink" Brinkman Collection, Kerrville, Texas, 2003, p. 161.
2 Ibid.

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