Monument Valley

Known for his flat, colorful style of painting and minimal backgrounds, Beatien Yazz (1928-2013) was a Navajo American painter born near Wide Ruins, Arizona. Also known by his English-language name, Jimmy Toddy, and variations of Bea Etin Yazz, which means “Little No Shirt” in Navajo, Yazz attended the Santa Fe Indian School and is featured in the collections of the Smithsonian American Art Museum, the Gilcrease Museum, Philbrook Museum of Art, and the Southwest Museum of the American Indian.