**Originally Listed At $400**

Paul Coze (French/Serbian-American, 1903-1974). "At Corn Dance Santo Domingo Aug. 4, 1951" watercolor; "San Domingo" watercolor; "U.S. Canyon de Chelley" black and white photograph, stamped April 1957. Two captivating watercolors by ethnographic artist Paul Coze as well as a remarkable photograph of the artist painting at a prehistoric basket maker sight in Canyon de Chelley (as noted on a label below the photo). "At Corn Dance Santo Domingo Aug. 4, 1951" depicts 4 drummers climbing an adobe staircase and an individual in the foreground, perhaps a dancer, walking toward the drummers.Three women are walking beneath the columnated walkway of the adobe structure at the right. The other watercolor depicts the New Mexican Spanish Mission Church - Santo Domingo. Notice Coze's handwritten notes "adobe" on one wall, "kiva" and "adobe" on another, as well as "w" written twice on the columnated wall, perhaps to indicate a west-facing wall. Coze took his artist-as-ethnographer role very seriously, and his art was intended to be informative as well as visually captivating. Size (wcs): 8" L x 10.875" W (20.3 cm x 27.6 cm)

The photograph was shot with a keen eye for composition and is fascinating on several levels. Not only do we see the artist at work, but the sight - a prehistoric basket making sight in Canyon de Chelly in Arizona - is exciting as well. This photograph was created for Coze's National Geographic Magazine article titled, "Western States - Kachinas: Masked Dancers of the Southwest" (1957).

Paul Coze was an anthropologist, artist, and writer who was most notable as a French authority on Native Americans. Between 1928 and 1934, he made four trips across western Canada, collecting ethnographic objects for the Musee d'Ethnographie in Paris and the Heye Foundation in New York. He settled in Phoenix, Arizona in 1951 and created nine major pieces of public art in the city, most with Native America themes.

Provenance: ex-private Bishop Family Trust collection, the Trust of the late Bill Bishop, a noted antiquarian with shops in Scottsdale, Arizona and Allenspark, Colorado, USA, acquired before 2010

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Both watercolors are stamped "ESTATE OF" with "Paul Coze" handwritten below. Watercolors were trimmed along upper edges. Painted images are vivid with strong coloration. Normal toning to paper and a few minor crease marks. Titled with pencil at lower right corners - "At Corn Dance Santo Domingo Aug. 4, 1951" and "San Domingo" respectively. Photograph is set in a matte fit with a transparent overlay. A few stains to the matte. Two price stickers for the photo - one indicating $350, the other $75. There is an informative label below the photo (on inner matte) with descriptive information indicating sight of Canyon de Chelley and use for Coze's National Geographic article titled, "Western States - Kachinas: Masked Dancers of the Southwest" (1957). Photo is glued to cardstock which is hinged within the matte. Another label with similar information is on the verso of the cardstock.