LEROY KEWANYAMA ORIGINAL GOUACHE OR WATERCOLOR PAINTING .  HOPI.  B. 1922.  FROM PRIVATE COLLECTION.  STORED FOR YEARS.  THANK YOU FOR LOOKING!  LEROY KEWANYAMA WAS BORN IN SHUNGOPAVI VILLAGE, SECOND MESA ON THE HOPI RESERVATION.  AS AN ADULT HE MOVED TO WINSLOW ARIZONA WHERE HE MADE A LIVING BY CARVING KATCHINA DOLLARS AND PAINTING IMAGES OF KACHINA DANCERS.  THIS IS A VERY EXAMPLE OF HIS WORK WHICH IS BECOMING INCREASING HARDER TO OBTAIN.  THE KACHINA DANCER IS IN BEAUTIFUL BRIGHT SHADES OF GREENS, BLACKS, YELLOWS IN BEAUTIFUL INTRICATE DETAIL.  THERE IS TONING FROM AGE ON THE PAPER IN SEVERAL SPOTS AROUND THE EDGES OF THE MAT THE LARGEST IS APPROXIMATELY 1/4" FROM THE MAT EDGE.  THERE ARE 2 SMALL LIGHT SPOTS CLOSER TO THE IMAGE.  ONE IS APPROXIMATELY 1/2" BELOW THE LEFT FOOT AND ANOTHER LIGHT SPOT 2 1/8" FROM THE RIGHT EAR.  THE MAT CAN BE TRIMMED AND THE OTHER SPOTS ARE VERY LIGHT.  I ALWAYS EXAMINE CAREFULLY FOR FULL DISCLOSURE.  THE ART IS VINTAGE AND VERY SPECIAL.  PIECE IS LISTED AT TEMPERA ON THE ORIGINAL INVENTORY.  EVERYTHING WAS LISTED AS TEMPERA ON OUR ORIGINAL SALE.  THE PIECE IS SIGNED L. KEWANYAMA - HOPI - 63, ..VERY NICE COLLECTIBLE PIECE.  THIS PIECE IS LISTED AT THIS PRICE BECAUSE OF THE TONING ON THE PAPER.  LEROY KEWANYAMA'S ART IS HARD TO FIND FOR SALE AND HIGHLY COLLECTIBLE.  WE HAVE SEVERAL BEAUTIFUL PIECES LISTED. THANK YOU FOR LOOKING.