Kai-Sa Original Watercolor "Zuni Corn Dancer" Percy Sandy (1918-1974) Taos, N

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Kai-Sa Original Watercolor "The Zuni Corn Dancer" Percy Sandy (1918-1974) Taos, New Mexico
An original c1950's gouache/watercolor signed by the artist "Kai-Sa"
Framed under glass in its original, complementary native wood frame
Estate acquired from the estate of an artist and collector of Native American art
A similar work is in the collection of the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian
Dimensions (Art):  8.5"W x 11 3/8"H
Dimensions (Frame):  11.5"W x 14.25"H x 1"D
Percy Tsisete Sandy (1918-1974) Kai-Sa - Red Moon was born at Zuni Pueblo in 1918. He later moved from Zuni to Taos, due to internal conflicts connected to his depiction of sensitive religious subjects. He died in Taos in 1974.
Kai-Sa attended elementary and secondary schools of the village of Zuni, then went on to Santa Fe to take a year’s postgraduate work in art at the Indian School. Kai-Sa was surely influenced while at the Indian School in Santa Fe, whether by artists he encountered there or by paintings he saw there.
Navajo (Diné) influence is seen in some of his paintings, influence of Taos artist Pop Chalee is evident in at least one of his paintings. He has used Hopi and Rio Grande Puebloan styles as well as Navajo (Diné) and Apache.