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To the Christmas Dance
To the Christmas Dance
To the Christmas Dance

To the Christmas Dance

Artist (American, 1882 - 1964)
Date1959
Mediumpastel on rice paper mounted on paperboard (Nelson Showard Board, Beinfang Products, Neluchen, H.J.)
Dimensions23 1/16 x 22 inches (58.6 x 55.9 cm)
Frame: 32 5/8 × 31 1/2 × 2 3/4 inches (82.9 × 80 × 7 cm)
Credit LinePurchase of the Nelda C. and H.J. Lutcher Stark Foundation, 1961
Object number31.26.10
ClassificationsPaper
Label TextLeon Gaspard painted To the Christmas Dance in Taos, New Mexico. He had immigrated to Taos from his native Russia through France. Throughout his career, he created joyous images of communities of people. In Russia, he portrayed peasants and ethnic groups. In New Mexico, he found inspiration in the native peoples of the Pueblos. To the Christmas Dance is a variation on a composition he often used. A procession winds its way among snowdrifts through a towering forest. Leiba Schulman was the artist’s birth name. He changed his last name to Gaspard to obscure his Jewish background, which restricted his opportunities in Russia.
ProvenancePurchased November 3, 1961 through (Jane Hiatt, The Village Gallery, Taos, New Mexico) by the Nelda C. and H.J. Lutcher Stark Foundation; accessioned to the Stark Museum of Art
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