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"Bia-Wa-Ja-Ches" (Woman Chief) by Penne Anne Cross

Currency:USD Category:American Indian Art / Art - Prints Start Price:50.00 USD Estimated At:1,600.00 - 2,400.00 USD
 Bia-Wa-Ja-Ches  (Woman Chief) by Penne Anne Cross
"Bia-Wa-Ja-Ches" Limited Edition Signed by Penne Anne Cross 1979 Numbered 912/2250 Size: 26" x 32 1/2", Image is 22" x 28" Crow Indian artist Penni Anne Cross, (Alawa-sta-we-ches) was born in Washington state in 1939. She first studied with her portrait-painter mother, before beginning more formal studies in 1968. Her work is commercially oriented, sentimentalizing her paintings of Native Americans of the Crow tribe. Cross' Crow name, "Alawa-sta-we-ches," means "Travels the Good Road." She currently (2003) lives and works in Montana.