#8 • R.T. Wallen "Naa Klaa" Stone Lithograph

Part of October 2023 Premier Auction (live auction by Alaska Premier Auctions & Appraisals)

High bid $450.00

Status: Sold

Category: Art: Alaskan Multiples

A stone lithograph c.1982 by Alaska artist R.T. "Skip" Wallen (b.1942) entitled "Naa Klaa." The work depicts Jessie K. Starr Dalton, a Tlingit woman of Hoonah, wearing a traditional kaayakoot'i x'oow (button blanket) of wool felt and mother-of-pearl buttons. Her name is a title of respect referring to "Mother of the Dak Dein Taan clan" of the Raven moiety; she is the adoptive mother of the artist. Titled lower center, marked 99/180, dated, and hand signed in graphite lower right. Matted within a dark wood frame measuring approximately 22" x 25" overall.