73

An original letter from Manchester Gallery to Tom Seymour and a copy of The Brett: Fifty Years of Painting in New Mexico, 1924 – 1974 exhibition catalog will accompany the lot.

American Southwest historian Frank Waters wrote, “There is something strange, ineffable, and compelling about Brett’s Indian paintings.… Brett is the only painter I have known who has blindly, intuitively caught the valid, mystical component of the Pueblo character.… The hey day of Pueblo dancing, as well as it can be framed, will be remembered in Brett’s paintings.”

PROVENANCE
Manchester Gallery, El Prado, New Mexico
Tom Seymour, Fort Worth, Texas, 1974
Present owners, by descent

EXHIBITED
The Brett: Fifty Years of Painting in New Mexico, 1924 – 1974, Jamison Galleries, Santa Fe, New Mexico, 1974

LITERATURE
The Brett: Fifty Years of Painting in New Mexico, 1924 – 1974, Jamison Galleries and Manchester Galleries, 1974, p. 2, illustrated

Condition ReportSurface is in excellent condition. No signs of restoration.

Important Notice: Statements of condition are provided as a service to potential bidders; such statements are educated opinions and should not be regarded as facts. The Coeur d’Alene Art Auction has no responsibility for any errors or omissions.