Alvin Marshall ART FOR SALE

Born 1959. Known for: Sculptor-Indian figure.

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As a young boy Alvin Marshall was taken from his home on a Navajo reservation and placed in boarding schools where he was not permitted to speak the Navajo language or practice its traditions. By the age of ten he had lost both of his parents and it was his grandparents that taught him his Navajo culture which he hopes to pass on in his figurative sculpture. Marshall served in the US Army where he did some work in illustration. After his service he moved to the Shiprock Reservation where he worked first as a diesel mechanic and later as an illustrator. At that time he began sculpting and would go on searches for stone with his friend, Oreland Joe. For a short time he owned a gallery in Scottsdale, Arizona but not finding success it closed.... Read full biography

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On Wings Of Butterflies

Type:Sculpture

Size:15.00" x 11.50" x 5.25"

Medium:Alabaster

Signed:Signed

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The sculpture is gold alabaster from a quarry in Utah. The woman is a butterfly dancer from the Hopi reservation. It’s a yearly dance that they do for fertility. Titled “On Wings Of Butterflies”, it depicts the woman traveling in the heavens with all the butterflies surrounding her. Alvin Marshall

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