2000, patinated and gilt bronze, edition number 11/50, signed and dated with foundry mark, mounted atop an ebonized wood swivel stand. Includes purchase receipts and correspondence between the artist and original owner regarding the sculpture's progress, from its unique clay form in October of 2000, to its casting at the foundry and final patina later that year.

20 x 12 1/2 x 8 in.

Purchased directly from the artist in 2000.

Kim started her art career as a child finding rocks in the washes in Arizona and painting figures, which her family still keeps today. She started sculpting her Hopi maidens over twenty years ago and still has yet to scratch the surface of her cultural history. ''The Hopi Tribe of Northern Arizona, is thousands of years old. I have a lifetime to fully explain my people and their history. I know many of my collectors now understand more about the women and their powerful place in Hopi history.''

She originally worked in the traditional scrape-and-smooth method, which Hopi potters have used for thousands of years. Kim's degree from Northern Arizona University in Fine Arts, sculpture and bronze casting has become a personal satisfaction for her art career.

Kim has been casting bronze for over 35 years and continues to enamor her collectors and the Southwest art scene with her latest designs. Kim has been featured in many national magazine articles and her works have been published in various books on Southwest Art. She has won numerous awards in Art and Sculpture shows across the United States in both Native and non-Native events. Kim represents herself with her own website kimobrzut.com.

Good estate condition.