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Navajo Print -- Beatien Yazz

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles Start Price:30.00 USD Estimated At:40.00 - 50.00 USD
Navajo Print -- Beatien Yazz
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Navajo Print by Beatien Yazz, measures 6.5''H x 5''W, Indian Name: Beatien Yazz (Little No Shirt),A.K.A.: Jimmy Toddy, Born March 5, 1928 near White Ruins, AZ. Son of Desbah and Joe Toddy, Military: U.S. Marine Corps, Code Talker, World War II (South Pacific and China Theaters), Education: Santa Fe; Ft. Wingate; Mills, 1949 under Yasuo Kuniyoshi, Chicago Art Institute, Occupation: Navajo Police Department, Fort Defiance, Arizona; Carson Indian School art teacher, illustrator, and professional painter. Medium: oil, acrylic, casein, tempera, pencil, pen & ink, pastel, and prints, In recent years the artist's eyesight has deteriorated, and he has only peripheral vision. According to his long-time friend, Sallie Lippencott Wagner, he has glaucoma, and it has progressed too far to be treatable. He continues to paint, but only in a limited way.