ALLAN HOUSER,

NAVAJO SHEPHERD

Details

ALLAN HOUSER,
Navajo Shepherd
Sculpted of white alabaster, depicting an abstracted standing female figure, her conical form slightly concave, with small ovular head forming the apex, with almond shaped eyes and pursed lips
22in. (57.1cm.) high

Provenance

Private Collection, CO

Lot Essay

Allan Houser (Ha-o-zous, 1914-1994) sculpted Navajo Shepherd in 1979, the same year that he spent the spring semester as an artist-in-residence at Dartmouth College in New Hampshire.

Cf. For more information on Allan Houser see Perlman, 1987.

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