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Mixed Media Painting - Titled A Winter Silence by Tony Abeyta - C3876B
The image on this canvas is that of a Navajo *Yei. The Yei are the Supernatural Beings of the Diné. They may be presented in male or female form. This mask is that of a male. When this painting was executed in the mid-1990s, Tony Abeyta was strongly into and influenced by Navajo religion-painting Yei figures, sandpainting imagery, and other Diné religious subjects.
This painting is titled A Winter Silence and was completed in 1995. It is a mixed media painting of oil paints and sand on canvas. It is signed in lower left and dated in lower right. The artist added the title, medium, date and his signature on the back of the canvas. At the time of this painting, Tony Abeyta lived in Taos, New Mexico, and added that information on the back of the canvas, too.
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