Untitled Original Painting of a Mystical Horse [SOLD]

Pop Wea was a niece of Pop Chalee of Taos Pueblo.  It has been very difficult to find any published information on her other than she passed away in 1966. Her first name is recorded as Lori and as LoRee.  It is not known if she lived at Taos Pueblo or not.

Clara Lee Tanner stated that she “painted some rather dramatic pictures, frequently in nontraditional style. . . Occasionally she combined the traditional and symbolic motif.  She took a First Award at the 1965 Scottsdale National Indian Art Expedition.”

In this painting of a single horse, she followed very closely to the style of her aunt, Pop Chalee.  This painting is signed in lower right and dated 1962.

Condition: appears to be in original condition

Provenance: from the estate of Frances Balcomb passed down through the family.  The Balcombs owned several art galleries in New Mexico and Arizona in the mid-20th century, the last of which was closed in the 1970s.

Reference: Tanner, Clara Lee. Southwest Indian Painting: a changing art