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Hondo River

Artist Victor Higgins (American, 1884 - 1949)

Datec. 1930-1933

Mediumwatercolor on paper mounted on paperboard

Dimensions21 3/4 x 29 1/2 inches (55.2 x 74.9 cm)
Frame: 27 3/4 × 35 1/2 × 1 inches (70.5 × 90.2 × 2.5 cm)

Credit LineBequest of H.J. Lutcher Stark, 1965

Object number31.17.13

ClassificationsPaintings

DescriptionHorizontal water color of a meandering river with trees along its banks. Small buildings sit in agricultural fields above the river. Hills dotted with trees and brush recede away into the background and rise into the foreground below the river.

Label TextSpecific parts of a landscape may reverberate as home. Settlements usually occur by rivers for the life giving qualities of water. In Hondo River, Higgins depicted the view from above, so that the painting shows the dark river meandering through the valley. The landscape shows its effects as trees line the banks of the river. Cultivated fields and houses stretch out from the river.

ProvenanceArtist; by inheritance to Joan Higgins Reed, Taos, New Mexico (daughter and heir of artist) [1]; purchased Janurary 4, 1957 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 1. Jane Hiatt of La Fonda Art Gallery was the go-between for the sale and shipping but the check was made out to Mrs. Joan Reed.

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