Original Zuni Pueblo Painting of a Horse by Kai-Sa [SOLD]

Kai-Sa (Red Moon) was born at Zuni Pueblo and later moved from Zuni to Taos, due to internal conflicts connected to his depiction of sensitive religious subjects. He died in Taos in 1974.

Kai-Sa attended elementary and secondary schools of the village of Zuni then went to Santa Fe to take a yearr’s postgraduate work in art at the Santa Fe Indian School. Kai-Sa was surely influenced while at the Indian School; whether by artists he met there or by paintings he saw there.

Kai-Sa primarily painted Zuni Katsina figures and ceremonial events but occasionally executed paintings of animals or other subjects. In this instance, he has rendered an outstanding painting of a horse. As was standard in his paintings, there is no background but there is a small patch of ground.

Clara Lee Tanner states that Kai-Sa, when painting subjects other than pueblo figures, painted in a European perspective, which is quite obvious in this painting. She also states that his animal paintings are rendered in the Navajo style.

Condition: The painting appears to be in excellent condition. It has not been examined out of the frame. It is framed in a beautiful maple-style wood frame with a matching filet outlining the image.