Original Oil Pastel of the Wallowa Water Hole Series [SOLD]

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Jaune Quick-to-See Smith, Confederated Salish Flathead Artist

Born January 15, 1940 in St. Ignatius, a small town on the Flathead Reservation on the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Indian Reservation, Montana, Jaune Quick–to–See Smith is an internationally renowned painter, printmaker and artist.  Her first name comes from the French word for "yellow" (jaune), from her French-Cree ancestry. Her middle name "Quick-To-See" was given by her Shoshone grandmother as a sign of her ability to grasp things readily.  She earned a BA in Art Education from Framingham State College, Massachusetts, and an MA in Art from the University of New Mexico.  Smith has been awarded honorary doctorates from Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Pennsylvania Academy of the Arts, Massachusetts College of Art and the University of New Mexico.  In 2015 she received an honorary degree in Native American Studies from Salish Kootenai College, Pablo, MT.  -Wikipedia

 

Jaune Quick-To-See Smith (1940-) signatureJaune Quick–to–See Smith has issued paintings in several series, each of which expresses her opinion on subjects such as war, famine, environment and others.  This original painting is of the Wallowa Water Hole Series, a commentary on environmental issues.

 

The pastel was executed on handmade paper.  It is archivally framed with the entire sheet of paper visible without use of matboard to conceal the edges. 

 

Condition: original condition

Provenance: from a resident of New Mexico

Recommended ReadingJaune Quick-to-See Smith: An American Modernist by Carolyn Kastner

Close up view of a section of this painting.

Jaune Quick-to-See Smith, Confederated Salish Flathead Artist
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