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Collection of 3 Harrison Begay Art Pieces

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Collection of 3 Harrison Begay Art Pieces
1 Original watercolor depicts Native American girl with animals-image measures 10"x10 1/2", 1 print of Native girl weaving-image measures 7 3/8"x11 3/8" and 1 print of Native ceremonial dancer-image measures 11 1/2"x 13 3/4" All have double mats with nice geometric designs cut in them with wood frames. From Askart.com: "Born in White Cone, Arizona, Harrison Begay creates prints and paintings in tempera, watercolor and acrylics of Navajo Indian figures and other Southwest scenes that are regarded as "quiet and peaceful" in tone. He has also painted murals for Maisel's Indian Trading Post in Albuquerque. He lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and is a member of the Navaho tribe. He attended Fort Wingate Indian School in New Mexico and in 1939, graduated from Santa Fe Indian School. He also attended Black Mountain College in North Carolina and Phoenix Junior College before World War II and studied briefly with painter Gerald Curtis Delano. He began exhibiting his art work in 1946 and worked full time as an artist. He also served three years in the Army during World War II."