Stone Lithograph “Kachari” by Patrick Swazo Hinds [SOLD]

Swazo Hinds, who had been adopted by an Anglo man at the age of 9 years spent the first 30 years of his life living in California.  His adopted father recognized his innate talent for art and sent him to art school.  Swazo Hinds then painted in California until 1964 when he began to experiment with art of his native culture.  From that time forward, he became a well known and respected artist of Indian art—the finest artist ever to evolve from Tesuque Pueblo.  In 1972, he began working on the lithograph stone, and he adapted to it easily.  He continued lithography for the next two years before he passed away in 1974.

Swazo Hinds executed a dozen stone lithographs at Tamarind Institute of the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque during his career.  This is one of those.  It is number 50 of 75 in the edition and was executed in 1974 in brown ink on buff Arches Cover paper.  Four lithographs in this set were printed together on a single sheet of paper, then the four were separated by tearing the paper apart, thus leaving the deckled edges.  The printmaker on this project was Ben Q. Adams.  These four lithographs were the last ones executed at Tamarind before Swazo's untimely death at age 50.

The other lithographs that comprise this set of four are shown at the bottom of the page as Related Items.

Condition: This image is in original excellent condition.  It has been framed using all acid-free materials and a strong and bold dark brown frame.  The paper was floated so that the deckled edges are exposed and none of the paper is under matboard. 

Provenance: ex. coll. Native American artist to whom this was a gift.