You Poor Devil
Artist
William Herbert Dunton
(American, 1878 - 1936)
Datec. 1920
Mediumoil on canvas
Dimensions38 x 26 inches (96.5 x 66 cm)
Frame: 41 1/4 × 29 1/4 × 1 1/2 inches (104.8 × 74.3 × 3.8 cm)
Frame: 41 1/4 × 29 1/4 × 1 1/2 inches (104.8 × 74.3 × 3.8 cm)
Credit LineBequest of H.J. Lutcher Stark, 1965
Object number31.21.10
ClassificationsPaintings
Label TextDunton painted this work as an illustration for Zane Grey’s novel The Wanderer of the Wasteland, as first serialized in McClure’s Magazine. He portrayed the novel’s main character carrying to safety a man who has collapsed from the effects of desert heat. With a simple composition the artist portrayed the steep path confronting the hero.
ProvenanceH.J. Lutcher Stark [1887-1965]; bequeathed September 2, 1965 to the Nelda C. and H.J. Lutcher Stark Foundation; accessioned to the Stark Museum of Art
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