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Fantasies

Artist Walter Ufer (American, 1876 - 1936)

Date1922

Mediumoil on canvas

Dimensions42 x 38 inches (106.7 x 96.5 cm)
Frame: 51 × 47 3/8 × 3 3/8 inches (129.5 × 120.3 × 8.6 cm)

Credit LinePurchase of the Nelda C. and H.J. Lutcher Stark Foundation, 2003

Object number31.5.9

ClassificationsPaintings

Label TextIn Fantasies, Ufer paints his self-portrait as an artist at work. His clothing indicates an outdoor setting, but he places himself, the artist, indoors in his studio with his wife as a muse. The most puzzling element is the apparition of an Indian figure. Does Ufer intend the ghostly form to be a sign of the artist’s creative power? Does the figure represent the idea of the vanishing American Indian? Ufer challenges the viewer to interpret his work. Connect this work with Darryl Curran’s Ghosts.

Provenance(J.N.Bartfield Gallery, New York, New York); purchased by Robert McKee, Texas (owned it approximately 10 years); purchased (Zaplin/Lampert Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico); purchased April 30, 2003 by Nelda C. and H.J. Lutcher Stark Foundation; accessioned to the Stark Museum of Art

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