Ranchito Farm House

Artist Oscar Edmund Berninghaus (American, 1874 - 1952)

Date1949

Mediumoil on canvas

Dimensions20 1/8 x 24 1/8 inches (51.1 x 61.3 cm)
Frame: 25 1/2 × 29 1/4 × 2 3/4 inches (64.8 × 74.3 × 7 cm)

Credit LinePartial Bequest of H.J. Lutcher Stark, 1965 and Partial Gift of Nelda C. Stark, 1973

Object number31.24.2

ClassificationsPaintings

DescriptionHorizontal oil painting depicts a low adobe buildling with a covered porch resting beneath an expansive blue sky. A small building and a cluster of tall trees are enclosed with the main building within a fence. A person and some animals occupy the yard outside of the building.

ProvenanceArtist; by inheritance to his wife Winifred Berninghaus, Taos, New Mexico; purchased October 22, 1953 by H.J. Lutcher Stark [1887-1965]; ½ interest bequeathed September 2, 1965 to the Nelda C. and H.J. Lutcher Stark Foundation [1]; remaining ½ interest gifted June 15, 1973 to the Nelda C. and H.J. Lutcher Stark Foundation by Nelda C. Stark [1909-1999]; accessioned to the Stark Museum of Art | 1. Owned jointly by H.J. Lutcher Stark and Nelda C. Stark until his death at which point his ½ interest was bequeathed to the Nelda C. and H.J. Lutcher Stark Foundation.

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