Diné Painting of Lightning God or Thunder God from Mythological Series [SOLD]

Narciso Abeyta Ha So De (Navajo for "Ascending"), was known for his Indian-themed paintings, which, stylistically, are atypical of most of the Indian art of his generation. Abeyta attended the Santa Fe Indian School and the University of New Mexico. He also participated in exhibitions throughout the United States and in Paris.

Abeyta regularly utilized a "somber" color palette as Clara Lee Tanner refers to it in her book Southwest Indian Painting: A Changing Art. Tanner also notes that Abeyta was more interested in "bold effects than in minute detail."

That boldness Tanner refers to is evident in this painting, thought to be from his mythological series painted at some point in the 1968-1972 periods. Ha So De's son, Tony Abeyta, an equally famous contemporary Native artist, corroborated that the image depicted is most likely of Lighting or Thunder God and the painting is from his dad's mythological series.

Condition: The painting is in original excellent condition and signed in the lower right.

Provenance: ex California collection