20% OFF San Juan Pueblo ASCENSION TRUJILLO 'Buffalo Dance' 1959, 11" x 8"

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ORIGINAL AND VINTAGE
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ASCENSION TRUJILLO
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'BUFFALO DANCE OF SAN JUAN PUEBLO, 1959', TEMPERA ON PAPER,  9.5" x  14".......................
RARE PAINTING BY ASCENSION TRUJILLO, IN THE INDIAN SCHOOL FRAME
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This is an 9.5" x 14" Original and Vintage tempera painting on paper by the San Juan Pueblo painter Ascension Trujillo, 1933-1959. This is
a rare painting by the exceptional Tewa painter who died very young at 26. The image shows two Tewa buffalo dancers. Labeled on back , so inscribed on the reverse. Signed at lower right with his Tewa name 'Poquin Tahn', and dated 1959 on the label, the year of Trujillo's death. Fine condition in the original Indian School frame.
The Biography Follows:
Ascensión Trujillo was from San Juan Pueblo. Like most of his contemporaries, he attended the Santa Fe Indian School.  His attendance was after the departure of Dorothy Dunn. He continued his education at the University of New Mexico.
According to Clara Lee Tanner, he "painted rather extensively at the Indian School, featuring native dances. He demonstrated potentials in good and clean outlines, modeling in lines, and in a pleasing handling of color; sometimes he produced a facial type which suggests the work of Tonita Peña."
He exhibited at the Millicent Rogers Museum in Taos, the Museum of New Mexico, and the Philbrook Museum in Tulsa, receiving awards from the latter two. His death at the age of 26 cut short a very promising career.
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