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The Four Seasons
The Four Seasons
The Four Seasons

The Four Seasons

Artist (American, 1897 - 1995)
Datec. 1957
Mediumoil on canvas
Dimensions39 3/8 × 60 inches (100 × 152.4 cm)
Frame: 43 × 63 1/2 × 2 3/8 inches (109.2 × 161.3 × 6 cm)
Credit LineBequest of H.J. Lutcher Stark, 1965
Object number31.35.2
ClassificationsPaintings
Label TextMcAfee’s love of horses came from growing up on a ranch in Colorado. After studying art in California, Chicago, and New York, she and her artist-husband Elmer Turner settled in Taos, New Mexico. Author and artist Walter Foster chose The Four Seasons for his book How to Draw Horses. He wrote that when he saw the painting, “I knew at once this was to be the cover and double spread for my new horse book.” He said about McAfee’s paintings, “they have a fairyland beauty and yet a strength that makes one have a greater love for horses.”
ProvenancePurchased February 14, 1957 through (Stables Art Gallery, New Mexico) by H.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
On View
On view
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Fall Aspens
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Donkeys
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