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LOUIS MAESTAS (American 20th century) "Deeds of Honor Last Forever” oil on board, signed and dated lower right. Verso with signature and note from the artist. 36"x40".

Maestas spent his childhood in Seligman, Arizona “thriving on the awe and simplicity of his young Indian friends” before establishing himself as a Southwest commercial artist.  His unique Oil Rub Out style is a subtractive technique which dates back to the time of Michelangelo.

Provenance: William Windsor Estate

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LOUIS MAESTAS (American 20th century) "Matriark of Old and New" oil on board, signed lower left. Verso with signature and note from the artist. 27"x28".

Provenance: William Windsor Estate

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L. TAYSON (American 20th century) "Native American" pair of color lithographs, hand signed and numbered in pencil "120/1500".  29.5"x21.5" each (image size).

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LOUIS MAESTAS (American 20th century) "Doug Kateney/Navajo/Albq.  Study No. 4" oil on board, signed lower left. Verso with signature and note from the artist. 30"x26.5".

Provenance: William Windsor Estate

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LOUIS MAESTAS (American 20th century) "Portrait of a Native American Elder" oil on board, signed lower left and dated "'99".  28"x26".

Provenance: William Windsor Estate

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FARRELL COCKRUM (c.1998) "Portrait of a Native American” oil on canvas, signed lower left and dated "'98". 20"x16".

Farrell Cockrum is a Native American Indian of the Blackfeet Nation from Montana. Many of his works include contemporary depictions of his people. Among the Blackfeet, giving is considered a sacred, purifying act. For Cockrum, his art is his way of giving to the world and to the Blackfeet Nation.

Provenance: William Windsor Estate

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After EDWARD CURTIS (American 1868-1952) "A Buffalo-Fall-Piegan" color lithograph from photograph. 7.5"x5.25" (image size).

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PEN & INK DRAWING "Portrait of a Native American” indistinguishably signed lower right. 7.25"x10.75".