RecognitionThe Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, DC, has chosen fiber artist and traditional basket maker Pat Courtney Gold and fashion designer Virginia Yazzie-Ballenger to participate in its artists-in-residence program. Gold is conducting research on Wasco-Wishram artifacts, Sally basket designs, and Plateau tribal basketry. Yazzie-Ballenger is researching Navajo clothing and photographs of historical garments representing various Native American tribes. The artists-in-residence program is held annually in the spring and fall.The Texas Legislature has named Houston sculptor Edd Hayes as the official Texas State Sculptor. Hayes is known for his portrayals of Texas history and heritage.
Urshel Taylor, an Akimel Au-Authm artist, has been named one of Arizona’s Indian Living Treasures for 1998. The award recognizes Taylor for his artwork in oil, acrylic, and wood as well as his efforts to preserve the Akimel Au-Authm culture. Arizona landscape artist Curt Walters won the People’s Choice Award at the recent Artists of America Exhibition and Sale at the Colorado History Museum in Denver. His winning work was an oil on canvas, Ethereal Magic of Lauterbrunnen, a Swiss mountain scene.Aleksander Titovets won the Artists’ Choice Award for best ensemble of work. Show ResultsCalifornia, Western and American Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture Christie’s Beverly Hills, CA, November 1998Overall sales: $2,069,505Top Lots: William Wendt, In the Valley, oil, 50 x 60, $480,000Jasper Frances Cropsey, Autumn on Ramapo River, New Jersey, oil, 24 x 44, $130,000Harvey T. Dunn, On the Move, oil, 27 x 41 1/2 , $94,000Carl Oscar Borg, Desert Storm, Arizona, oil, 36 x 40, $85,000Thomas Lorraine Hunt, The First American Flag, oil, 78 x 90, $80,000Edgar Payne, High Sierras, oil, 28 x 34, $55,000Joseph Henry Sharp, Blackfeet Country, Montana, oil, 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 , $40,000 Albert Bierstadt, Fishing Station, Watch Hill, oil, 14 1/2 x 19, $32,000John Marshall Gamble, Wild Lilac, Santa Barbara, oil, 20 x 30, $30,000Marion Kavanagh Wachtel, In the Valley, California, watercolor, 16 x 20, $28,000Gunnar Mauritz Widforss, Grand Canyon, watercolor, 28 1/2 x 38 1/2 , $28,000 Eanger Irving Couse, The Sculptor, oil, 12 x 16, $26,00
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