Harry Fonseca Paintings & Artwork for Sale | Harry Fonseca Art Value Price Guide

Jul. 24, 2024
Harry Fonseca, Gold & Souls #31, 1972
Est: $500 - $700
Harry Fonseca (Nisenan/Maidu, 1946 - 2006) Gold & Souls #31, 1972 mixed media and gold leaf on paper signed and dated lower center: Fonseca 72
Santa Fe Art Auction
Apr. 30, 2024
A Harry Fonseca painting, 'Coyote Koshare IV,' 1983
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
Harry Fonseca Portuguese/Hawaiian/Nisenan-Maidu, (1946-2006), 'Coyote Koshare IV,' 1983, ink and watercolor on paper framed under glass, signed, dated and numbered lower right. paper: height 10 3/4in, width 16 1/2in
Bonhams
Mar. 13, 2024
Harry Fonseca, Coyote Koshare, ca. 1988
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
Harry Fonseca (Nisenan/Maidu, 1946 - 2006) Coyote Koshare, ca. 1988 serigraph, edition 73 of 75 editioned lower left: 73/75 signed lower right: Fonseca
Santa Fe Art Auction
Feb. 11, 2023
Nisenan/Maidu, Harry Fonseca, Coyote Dancer, 1982
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
Harry Fonseca (Nisenan/Maidu, 1946 - 2006) Coyote Dancer, 1982 watercolor and ink on paper signed and dated lower right: Fonseca 24.12.82 # II *Accompanied by Coyote's Journal, Wingbow Press, 1982, inscribed: 'To Rosalie / Best Wishes / Harry Fonseca'
Santa Fe Art Auction
Nov. 30, 2022
Harry Fonseca (American, 1946) Koshare with Melon Lithograph and screenprint in
Est: $600 - $800
Harry Fonseca (American, 1946) Koshare with Melon Lithograph and screenprint in colors on paper 16 x 12 inches (40.6 x 30.5 cm) (sheet) Ed. 19/75 Signed and numbered in pencil along lower edge Property from the Collection of Jack B. Harrod, Jr. HID01801242017
Heritage Auctions
Nov. 30, 2022
Harry Fonseca (American, 1946-2006) Coyote and Rose- Swan Lake- Second Act Mixed
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
Harry Fonseca (American, 1946-2006) Coyote and Rose- Swan Lake- Second Act Mixed media on canvas 48 x 36 inches (121.9 x 91.4 cm) Signed lower left: Fonseca PROVENANCE: Elaine Horwitch Galleries, Santa Fe, New Mexico; LewAllen Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico. Property from the Collection of Jack B. Harrod, Jr. HID01801242017
Heritage Auctions
Nov. 30, 2022
Harry Fonseca (American, 1946-2006) Bear Dancer, 1979 Serigraph in colors on pap
Est: $600 - $800
Harry Fonseca (American, 1946-2006) Bear Dancer, 1979 Serigraph in colors on paper 26-7/8 x 19-7/8 inches (68.3 x 50.5 cm) (image) Ed. 24/50 Signed, numbered, and dated in pencil along lower edge Property from the Collection of Jack B. Harrod, Jr. HID01801242017
Heritage Auctions
Nov. 30, 2022
Harry Fonseca (American, 1946) Koshare on a Boat Crayon on paper 22-1/2 x 30-1/4
Est: $700 - $1,000
Harry Fonseca (American, 1946) Koshare on a Boat Crayon on paper 22-1/2 x 30-1/4 inches (57.2 x 76.8 cm) (sheet) Signed upper right: Fonseca Property from the Collection of Jack B. Harrod, Jr. HID01801242017
Heritage Auctions
Nov. 10, 2022
Harry Fonseca (American, 1946) Feast Day, 1983 Serigraph in colors with glitter
Est: $400 - $600
Harry Fonseca (American, 1946) Feast Day, 1983 Serigraph in colors with glitter on wove paper 29-1/2 x 39-1/2 inches (74.9 x 100.3 cm) (sheet) Ed. 49/75 Signed and numbered in pencil along lower edge HID01801242017
Heritage Auctions
Nov. 05, 2022
Harry Fonseca, A Pair of Miniature Sculptures
Est: $1,500 - $2,500
Harry Fonseca (Nisenan/Maidu, 1946 - 2006) A Pair of Miniature Sculptures: Coyote Flute Player + Koshare Melon Eater ceramic, feathers each signed on right foot: Fonseca
Santa Fe Art Auction
Nov. 05, 2022
Harry Fonseca, Untitled (Coyote at The Carnival), 1983
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
Harry Fonseca (1946 - 2006) Untitled (Coyote at The Carnival), 1983 acrylic on paper signed and dated lower right: Fonseca / 6.10.83 [artist's cipher]
Santa Fe Art Auction
Oct. 22, 2022
Harry Fonseca Star Dancer
Est: $500 - $1,000
Harry Fonseca (American, 1946-2006) Star Dancer, c. 1987 Lithograph on paper BAT from an ed. of 48 Signed in pencil Fonseca, lower left Printed by Stephen Britko with his blind stamp, lower left.
Larsen Art Auction
Sep. 16, 2022
Painting, Harry Fonseca
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
Harry Fonseca (American, 1946-2006), "Haiku," 1989, oil on canvas, monogram lower left, titled and dated on strether bar verso, canvas: 30"h x 24"w, overall (with frame): 30.25"h x 24.25"w. Provenance: Gifted by artist to current owner.
Clars Auctions
Sep. 16, 2022
Harry Fonseca
Est: $8,000 - $12,000
(New Mexico/California, 1946-2006) Harry Wish You Were Here, inscribed with artist's mark lower left "HF", oil on canvas, unstretched, 47 x 60 in. Provenance: Property sold to benefit the American Folk Art Museum
Brunk Auctions
Aug. 18, 2022
HARRY FONSECA (1946 - 2006) Coyote, When Coyote Leaves the Res.
Est: $4,000 - $6,000
HARRY FONSECA (1946 - 2006) Coyote, When Coyote Leaves the Res. Acrylic on canvas, 1979. Signed, Fonseca, and dated, 79, lower left. Signed, Fonseca, dated, 6.22.79, and inscribed as titled on stretcher. 914x610 mm; 36x24 inches. Harry Fonseca began his art career using imagery from his Native American Maidu heritage in his art. His Coyote Series of paintings started in 1979. These works use the coyote as the trickster of Maidu ancestral stories, depicted in nontraditional clothing and settings. In this painting Coyote is dressed in black leather and other aspects of queer-dress experienced by the artist in San Francisco, expressing Fonseca's personal narrative as a gay Native American living off-reservation.
Swann Auction Galleries
Jul. 16, 2022
Harry Mona Fonseca
Est: $4,000 - $6,000
(American/Nisenan Maidu/Hawaii/Portugal, 1946-2006) Coyote in Front of Studio, signed lower left "Fonseca", inscribed on stretcher "Smithsonian Show Dec 21.88 to March 21.89", oil on canvas, 30 x 24 in.; metal frame, 30-1/2 x 24-1/2 in. Provenance: Property sold to benefit the American Folk Art Museum
Brunk Auctions
Jun. 25, 2022
Harry Fonseca, Coyote Koshare #6, 1982
Est: $8,000 - $12,000
Harry Fonseca (Nisenan/Maidu, 1946 - 2006) Coyote Koshare #6, 1982 acrylic and glitter on canvas signed lower left: Fonseca inscribed verso: COYOTE / KOSHARE #6 / © Fonseca 1982
Santa Fe Art Auction
Jun. 25, 2022
Harry Fonseca, Pow Wow Club, 1980
Est: $10,000 - $15,000
Harry Fonseca (Nisenan/Maidu, 1946 - 2006) Pow Wow Club, 1980 acrylic, glitter, and reflective paper on canvas signed lower right: [artist's cipher] Fonseca inscribed verso upper stretcher bar: "POW WOW CLUB" © Fonseca 1980
Santa Fe Art Auction
May. 24, 2022
Harry Fonseca, (1946-2006, Sante Fe, NM), "Shuffle Off to Buffalo," 1987, Color lithograph and glitter on paper under glass, Image/Shee
Est: $700 - $900
Harry Fonseca (1946-2006, Sante Fe, NM) "Shuffle Off to Buffalo," 1987 Color lithograph and glitter on paper under glass Edition 66/75; signed and numbered near the lower corners of the image: Fonseca Image/Sheet: 36" H x 27" W
John Moran Auctioneers
May. 21, 2022
Harry Mona Fonseca
Est: $400 - $600
(American/Nisenan Maidu/Hawaii/Portugual, 1946-2006) Coyote Chief, Coyote Uncle Sam, signed lower right "Fonseca", mixed media on paper, sight 14 x 11 in.; wood frame, 20-3/4 x 16-3/4 in. Provenance: Property sold to benefit the American Folk Art Museum
Brunk Auctions
May. 21, 2022
Harry Mona Fonseca
Est: $1,000 - $2,000
(American/Nisenan Maidu/Hawaii/Portugal, 1946-2006) Graduation portrait, signed upper right "Fonseca 1.10.77", oil on canvas, 29-7/8 x 24 in.; unframed Note: Biography from the website of the Autry Museum of the American West By Amy Scott, Executive Vice President and Marilyn B. and Calvin B. Gross Curator of Visual Arts Harry Fonseca (Nisenan Maidu, Hawaiian, Portuguese, 1946?2006) was an instrumental force in reshaping Native art with his trademark blend of traditional imagery, contemporary experience, and vibrant color and form. As he used his art to explore both his personal journey and the role of history in shaping Native consciousness in the present, Fonseca sought to expand definitions of Indian art and to shatter the expectations and stereotypes that had long confined it. Fonseca?s best-known work remains his Coyote series, in which the character of Native legend became a vibrant and dynamic avatar for the artist, venturing ?off-res? to explore the urban environment of San Francisco and a wide variety of performative roles including opera singer, ballet dancer, koshare, and painter. Moving easily from one world to the next, from one role to another, Fonseca?s Coyote was a slippery and adaptable character who spoke to the (often) contradictory expectations placed on Native peoples while confronting some of the stereotypes that they faced. Provenance: Property sold to benefit the American Folk Art Museum
Brunk Auctions
Mar. 12, 2022
Harry Fonseca, Shuffle Off to Buffalo, 1987
Est: $600 - $800
Harry Fonseca (Nisenan / Maidu, 1946 - 2006) Shuffle Off to Buffalo, 1987 color lithograph with glitter, edition 29 of 75 signed lower right: Fonseca editioned lower left: 29/75
Santa Fe Art Auction
Mar. 01, 2022
Harry Fonseca (American 1946-2006), 'Illustration for Jane Eyre', Ink on Paper, Framed: 16 x 19 in
Est: $20 - $40
Harry Fonseca (American 1946-2006), 'Illustration for Jane Eyre', Ink on Paper, Framed: 16 x 19 in
Weschler's
Oct. 23, 2021
Harry Fonseca Star Dancer
Est: $300 - $500
Harry Fonseca (American, 1946-2006) Star Dancer, c. 1987 Lithograph on paper ed. 31 of 48 Signed in pencil Fonseca, lower left Artist's symbol in the plate, lower left. Steven Britko's blind stamp, lower left.
Larsen Art Auction
Aug. 19, 2021
HARRY FONSECA (1946 - 2006): "DEER DANCER"
Est: $50 - $100
1981; serigraph on paper; signed in print lower right; with print documentation verso; Provenance: The Freund Family Collection; 23 x 31 inches frame
Abell Auction
Feb. 07, 2021
Harry Fonseca, Shuffle Off to Buffalo, 1987
Est: $600 - $800
Harry Fonseca (Nisenan / Maidu, 1946 - 2006) Shuffle Off to Buffalo, 1987 color lithograph with glitter, edition 29 of 75 signed lower right: Fonseca editioned lower left: 29/75 36 x 27 in. (91.44 x 68.58 cm.), Frame: 42 1/2 x 34 1/2 x 1 in. (107.95 x 87.63 x 2.54 cm.)
Santa Fe Art Auction
Feb. 07, 2021
Harry Fonseca, Coyote / Koshare #2
Est: $2,500 - $3,500
Harry Fonseca (Nisenan / Maidu, 1946 - 2006) Coyote / Koshare #2 acrylic on board signed lower right: Fonseca inscribed verso: COYOTE / KOSHARE #2 30 x 24 in. (76.20 x 60.96 cm.), Frame: 31 5/8 x 25 5/8 x 2 1/2 in. (80.33 x 65.09 x 6.35 cm.)
Santa Fe Art Auction
Mar. 29, 2020
Harry Fonseca, Shuffle Off to Buffalo, 1987
Est: $300 - $500
Harry Fonseca (1946 - 2006) Shuffle Off to Buffalo, 1987 color lithograph with glitter, 60 / 75 Dimensions: 36 x 26 7/8 in. Framed Dimensions: 43 3/8 x 34 3/8 x 1 1/8 in. signed lower right: Fonseca editioned lower left: 60 / 75 Provenance: Private Collection, New Mexico
Santa Fe Art Auction
Jul. 21, 2019
Harry Fonseca (American, 1946-2006) 'Rose' Lithograph
Est: $400 - $600
Harry Fonseca (American, 1946-2006) 'Rose' Lithograph Undated, pencil signed lower right, pencil number 48/75, embossed mark lower left, depicting a coyote in a pink dress with coyotes singing in the background Condition: Very Good, minor scratch lower right Height: 30.00 inches, Width: 22.25 inches Category: Fine Art > Prints Shipping Status: Leonard Auction, Inc. will provide direct shipping for this lot. Please visit our website for a shipping quote. Approximate Sale Time: 12:37 pm CST Links to High Resolution Images: Image #1 Image #2 Image #3 Image #4 Image #5 Image #6
Leonard Auction
Jul. 21, 2019
Harry Fonseca (American, 1946-2006) 'Coyote Leaving the Rez' Lithograph
Est: $400 - $600
Harry Fonseca (American, 1946-2006) 'Coyote Leaving the Rez' Lithograph 1979, pencil signed lower right, pencil numbered 79/150 lower left, depicting a human body with coyote head and tail, dressed in leather jacket and blue jeans Condition: Very Good, no visible damage noted to the lithograph; minor stains on the red mat; not examined out of the frame Height: 26.00 inches, Width: 16.25 inches (sight) Frame Size: 32.25 inches by 22.75 inches Category: Fine Art > Prints Shipping Status: Leonard Auction, Inc. will provide direct shipping for this lot. Please visit our website for a shipping estimate. Approximate Sale Time: 12:36 pm CST Links to High Resolution Images: Image #1 Image #2 Image #3 Image #4 Image #5 Image #6
Leonard Auction
Jan. 19, 2019
Print, Harry Fonseca
Est: $400 - $600
Harry Fonseca (American, 1946-2006), "Koshares Walking," lithograph in colors with screenprint, pencil signed lower right, edition 60/75, overall (with frame): 21.25"h x 17.25"w
Clars Auctions
Jan. 19, 2019
Print, Harry Fonseca
Est: $400 - $600
Harry Fonseca (American, 1946-2006), "Koshares with Melon," lithograph in colors with screenprint, pencil signed lower right, edition 60/75, overall (with frame): 21.25"h x 17.25"w
Clars Auctions
Apr. 29, 2018
Harry Fonseca, (American, 1946-2006), Coyote Leaping, Elaine Horwitch Gallery
Est: $800 - $1,200
Harry Fonseca, (American, 1946-2006) Mixed Media Painting. Coyote Leaping. Signed lower right. Retains The Elaine Horwitch Galleries Scottsdale Santa Fe label on reverse with artist's name and title and price of $1300. Measures 30"X 38".
Crown Company Inc
Nov. 05, 2016
Harry Fonseca, large painting
Est: $400 - $600
Harry Fonseca (American, 1946-2006), "Canyon III", acrylic on canvas, unsigned, 48"l x 35"w (stretcher), matted and framed under glass
Millea Bros Ltd
Mar. 13, 2016
Fonseca, Harry (American, 1946-2006) Coyote Koshare Smoken - Painting
Est: $600 - $900
Fonseca, Harry (American, 1946-2006) Acrylic Painting. "Coyote Koshare Smoken." Acrylic and glitter on canvas. Signed lower right Fonseca. Retains The Elaine Horwitch Galleries Scottsdale Santa Fe label on reverse with artist's name and title. In good condition. Measures 11 inches x 8 inches. Frame measures 11 inches x 9 inches. From: harryfonseca.com/news/index.htm: Fonseca was born in Sacramento, California in 1946, and is of Nisenan Maidu, Hawaiian, and Portugese heritage. He studied for a time at Sacramento City College and with Frank LaPena at Cal State University at Sacramento, but was reluctant to become an academic stylist, so he decided not to continue formal art education in order to pursue his own vision. In his close to twenty-year career as an exhibiting artist, Harry Fonseca's work has gone through a number of transformations, but the one constant has been his openness to new influences and sources of inspiration. Fonseca's earliest pieces drew from his Maidu heritage. He was influenced by basketry designs, dance regalia, and by his participation as a traditional dancer. Further, the creation myth of his people, as recounted by his uncle, Henry Azbill, became the source of a major 1977 work, Creation Story. This piece visually embodies the underpinnings of Maidu culture. Margaret Archuleta has noted that the work is a pictorially complex sequence set in a spiral motif. The central focal point is Helinmaiden, the Maidu Big Man, Great Man, or God, as he appears on the raft with Turtle. The continuing pencil and ink drawings are linked together as they rotate in a clockwise movement around the central axis of Helinmaiden, whose importance is expressed by his central placement. The spiral design echoes the cyclical rhythm of the storytelling in connection with the seasonal celebrations. This myth continues to inspire Fonseca, as his 1991 The Maidu Creation Story shows. The basic imagery of this painting recalls petroglyphic symbols, and although less figurative than the 1979 work, still seeks to give visual form to myth. Fonseca does not replicate his past imagery but looks for new ways of connecting to tradition. Regarding the 1991 work, Darryl Wilson has pointed out that Fonseca "was particularly struck by ancient rock art from the Coso Range in the high desert country near Owens Lake [north of Ridgecrest, California]. Because of its powerful appeal, he incorporated some of its images into the similarly powerful and appealing creation story Henry Azbill told him. Another level of transformation is evident in the Coyote series, which Fonseca began in 1979 (and which, after a few years' hiatus, he has started again). The subject of these works is Coyote, the trickster and transformer. Fonseca resituates the culture hero into contemporary settings, such as San Francisco's Mission District. Coyote can become an updated and sneaker-wearing Rousseau, holding his palette on a Parisian quay (Rousseau Revisited, 1986), or headdress-clad and sneakered (Coyote in Front of Studio, 1983). Coyote becomes an alembic through which Fonseca filters his vision of the artist, and the Indian, in society. Fonseca's continuing interest in rock art led him to develop the Stone Poems, an extensive series of works exploring the imagery of petroglyphs, not only from California but throughout the West and Southwest, especially Utah. The Stone Poems are not meant to be so much an interpretive recording of rock images but a way of self-exploration. The canvases, some as large as 6' by 12', suggest the size and scope of petroglyphic panels in situ. Fonseca's work took a more political turn with the 1992 Discovery of Gold and Souls in California series. Each of these small mixed-media pieces, measuring about 15" x 11", offer subtle variations on the image of a black cross surrounded by gold leaf and partially covered with red oxide. Fonseca has stated that this series "is a direct reference to the physical, emotional and spiritual genocide of the native p
Myers Fine Art
Oct. 01, 2015
Harry Fonseca (1946-2006) "Wish You Were Here"
Est: $800 - $1,200
Artist: Harry Fonseca (1946-2006); Title: "Wish You Were Here As Always Coyote"; Medium: Pastel on paper; Year or Era Produced: 20th/21st Century; Signature: Pencil signed lower left; Sight Area Approximate Measurement: 22.125" x 29.875"; Frame Approximate Measurement: 30.75" x 38.5" x 1.5"; Approximate Weight: 17 lbs; Frame: Framed and matted beneath glass
J Levine Auction & Appraisal LLC
Oct. 01, 2015
Harry Fonseca (1946-2006) "Spanish Dance"
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
Artist: Harry Fonseca (1946-2006); Title: "Spanish Dance"; Medium: Acrylic on canvas; Year or Era Produced: 20th century; Signature: Lower right; Sight Area Approximate Measurement: 29.5" x 23.75"; Frame Approximate Measurement: 30.25" x 24.25" x 1.5" ; Approximate Weight: 3 lbs; Frame: Framed without glass
J Levine Auction & Appraisal LLC
Sep. 21, 2014
HARRY FONSECA: "COYOTE IN LEATHER IN HEAVEN"
Est: $1,500 - $2,000
circa 1988 acrylic on paper signed and dated lower right #72115 39 x 31 inches
Abell Auction
Apr. 12, 2014
Various prints
Est: $50 - $100
(lot of 3) After Fritz Scholder (Native American, 1937-2005), ''Fritz Scholder Lithographs,'' 1975, color lithograph, pencil signed lower right, published by New York Graphic Society; Native American School (20th century), ''Blackfoot Medicine Man,'' color lithograph, signed ''Joyce'' lower right, from AP edition of 30; After Harry Fonseca (American, 1946-2006), ''10th Annual American Indian Film Festival,'' 1985, color lithograph poster, largest overall (all unframed): 30''h x 22''w
Clars Auctions
Jan. 28, 2011
Harry Fonseca (American, 1946-2006) Blue Shoes Signed "Fonseca" l.r., titled on the stretcher, identified on labels from Gallery a l...
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
Harry Fonseca (American, 1946-2006) Blue Shoes Signed "Fonseca" l.r., titled on the stretcher, identified on labels from Gallery a la Maison, Meadowbrook, Pennsylvania, on the reverse. Mixed media (acrylic and glitter) on canvas, 48 x 36 in. (121.9 x 91.4 cm), unframed. Condition: Minor surface grime.
Skinner
Nov. 02, 2009
FONSECA, HARRY (AMERICAN, 1946-2006)- TWO WORKSSold with 330
Est: $100 - $175
FONSECA, HARRY (AMERICAN, 1946-2006)- TWO WORKS Sold with 330 Coyote figures, man and woman. Signed and dated 10.27.80 . Framed wax crayon and glitter. 13.5 x 16" (sight) Sold with 330
Braswell Galleries
Nov. 02, 2009
FONSECA, HARRY (AMERICAM, 1946-2006)
Est: $150 - $200
FONSECA, HARRY (AMERICAM, 1946-2006) "Coyote #48". Signed and dated 1979. Framed acrylic on canvas. 20 x 16"
Braswell Galleries
Nov. 02, 2009
FONSECA, HARRY (AMERICAN, 1946-2006)
Est: $200 - $300
FONSECA, HARRY (AMERICAN, 1946-2006) "Danceland #1 - #3" (suite of three paintings) Each signed lower right . Signed and dated 1980, titled and with diagram verso of frame. Acrylic on board. 23.5 x 17.5"
Braswell Galleries