Lot 41: Charlie Willeto Outsider Art of a Steer

Nageezi, NM, 20th century, Charlie Willeto (1897-1964) Outsider Art of a steer, carved and painted wood; ht. 8, lg. 21 in.
Charlie Willeto (1897-1964) was a Navajo medicine man turned folk artist. In a short space of time from 1961 to 1964 he moved Navajo folk art to the forefront of twentieth-century American art.